A New Vision for High Quality Preschool Curriculum – A Report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The 2024 consensus report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, A New Vision for High-Quality Preschool Curriculum, examines preschool curriculum quality for children from ages three to five, with special attention to the needs of Black and Latine children, multilingual learners, children with disabilities and children experiencing poverty in the United States. The report articulates a vision for high-quality preschool curricula for all children, grounded in equity and justice-oriented principles from inception to implementation and evaluation.

This session will feature an overview of the report and recommendations from members of the committee that produced the consensus study, as well as discussion on future research directions based on the recommendations provided in the report.

Sub Unit

• AERA Science and Policy Sessions

Chair

• Barbara Rogoff, University of California - Santa Cruz

Participants

• Douglas H. Clements, University of Denver

• Lillian Durán, University of Oregon

Commentators

• Nicole Patton-Terry, Florida State University

• Jennifer Keys Adair, The University of Texas at Austin