Indiana’s Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning (OECOSL) is now accepting applications for “On My Way Pre-K” preschool grants. The office is inviting high-quality early learning providers in Allen, Jackson, Lake, Marion and Vanderburgh counties...

On Tuesday, October 21, educators, mayors and community members across the country stopped what they were doing to read a children’s book for national “Read for the Record Day.” The event, launched by Jumpstart, celebrates literacy by aiming to break the world record...

    Internships provide a win-win opportunity for both the employer and the intern. The employer receives cost-effective labor and potential job candidate pool through their intern program. At the same time, interns receive real-world experience to apply their...

  Nationwide, 15 million children who are left unsupervised after school. New research by Dr. Deborah Lowe Vandell, Dean of the School of Education at the University of California Irvine, shows that there is a relationship between afterschool activities and...

  Now that the students are back to school, it is important that we ensure good attendance for student growth and learning. Research shows that students with poor attendance in the first month of school are more likely to experience chronic absences. Chronic...

   The U.S. Departments of Education (DOE) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have jointly announced the Preschool Development Grants--Expansion Grants competition.  Two hundred and fifty million is available to support low and moderate-income...

  With the announcement of his Education and Public Safety Initiative Wednesday morning, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard proposes a holistic approach to make Indianapolis a safer city. Mayor Ballard believes the issue of crime and violence in American cities are...

The Indiana Career Council (ICC), made up of government, education, and industry leaders, has been tasked with creating a strategic plan to transform Indiana’s workforce. Align, Engage, Advance: A Strategic Plan to Transform Indiana’s Workforce identifies ways...

  Approximately 30%, or roughly 332,642, of Hoosier children (including kindergarteners) are left unsupervised in the afternoons (Afterschool Alliance, 2010).  Indiana Afterschool Network (IAN) has been working to improve the quality of out-of-school time (OST)...