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Early Childhood Education

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation publishes content on early childhood education and related issues. Find and access current and archived items in our database. 

Fellowship Program, Cohort #2, July 2019

The Fellowship Program consists of two separate, three-day intensive workshops that focus on the history, policy, and programming on topics spanning the education pipeline including early education, K-12, college and career readiness, postsecondary education, and workforce development. The workshops are taught by expert faculty as well as staff from state and local chambers who have put policy into practice to bring change and opportunity to their communities. 

Fellowship Program, Cohort #2, April 2019

The Fellowship Program consists of two separate, three-day intensive workshops that focus on the history, policy, and programming on topics spanning the education pipeline including early education, K-12, college and career readiness, postsecondary education, and workforce development. The workshops are taught by expert faculty as well as staff from state and local chambers who have put policy into practice to bring change and opportunity to their communities. 

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Launches Education and Workforce Fellowship Program

Early Childhood Education
Economic Growth
Education
K-12 Education
Postsecondary Education
Workforce Training
Youth Employment
September 19, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
BLFP 2018-2019 Press Release
Responding to the needs of state and local chambers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation today launched a new premier business leadership program to help address their most pressing education and workforce issues. The Business Leads Fellowship Program will train and equip fellows with resources, access to experts, and a network of peers to build their capacity to address these challenges.

Futureproofing: How a Commitment to Helping Children Turns $1 into $16 (and How You Can Too)

Early Childhood Education
Education
K-12 Education
Women
June 29, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
FutureProofing - PNC
© Provided by FreeEnterprise.com
How do you pitch giving back as good business? And how do you make a financial services company care—really care—about making a dent in early childhood education, an issue that doesn’t show up anywhere on the balance sheet? These were the questions that the leaders of the PNC Foundation had to answer if PNC was going to play a huge role in improving early childhood education in the communities they serve. The research was clear and irrefutable. The benefits of quality early childhood education are not only social, but economic, with a benefit as high as $16 for every dollar invested. And today’s preschoolers are tomorrow’s workforce.

Tech and Early Ed - Unlikely Partners?

Joseph Timanovsky
Data
Early Childhood Education
Innovation
August 16, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
Innovations in Early Ed
© 2018 Getty Images
We often think of the use of technology in early education as detrimental to child development. Yet, the reality is that technological innovations have an incredibly valuable role to play in the classroom. By looking at the technology readily available in the world today, AEL, Wonderschool, and ELL are paving the way for the next breakthrough innovations in early childhood education and care.

Show, Don’t Tell: How Companies are Building the Workforce of the Future

Abby Hills
Competitiveness
Early Childhood Education
Economic Growth
Education
K-12 Education
Postsecondary Education
STEM
Workforce Training
Youth Employment
June 5, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
Building the Workforce of the Future
© U.S. Chamber of Commerce
On Monday, the U.S. Chamber revealed a new art installation, “Building the Workforce of the Future,” showcasing some of America’s leading employers in workforce development efforts. These employers are: PNC, The Home Depot, IBM, Microsoft, ExxonMobil, the Greater Houston Partnership, Wyoming Machine, and Novelis. The display illustrates the work of these companies, across the four phases of the nation’s talent pipeline, to close the skills gap and cultivate a highly-trained workforce of tomorrow.

Talent Forward 2018

The Talent Forward conference welcomes leaders and change makers in the business and education communities, industry and human resource partners, and other community leaders to discuss the most critical topic in our country today: our workforce.

Age of Agility Summit New Mexico

Please join NewMexicoKidsCAN and America Succeeds for the Age of Agility Summit New Mexico on Thursday, July 19th from 7am to 1pm. This event will present insights and perspectives from business, education, and policy leaders on what the Future of Work means for restructuring the way we deliver education – helping us crowdsource strategies and solutions to take action within our state and across the country.

Age of Agility Summit Kansas City

Please join Aligned, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and America Succeeds for the Age of Agility Summit Kansas City on Thursday, June 14th from 7am to 1pm. This event will present insights and perspectives from business, education, and policy leaders on what the Future of Work means for restructuring the way we deliver education – helping us crowdsource strategies and solutions to take action within our state and across the country.

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