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Learn about a study on the early use of CLASS 2nd Edition gathered from videos of 380 classrooms in 27 Head Start programs, during the 2022–2023 school year. These findings support the conclusion that while there are subtle differences between CLASS 2008 and 2nd Edition scores, substantial overlap exists between the two tools. Both may be used to reliably measure classroom interactions.
Podcast
What topics in education deserve more attention? In this season opener, we're joined by Bridget Hamre, Teachstone CEO and CLASS® author, who sheds light on how educators can enrich their teaching practices to foster whole student development.
Meet-Up
Join the only conference designed to help education leaders and coaches learn how to focus, measure, and improve educator-child interactions. Join us April 7-9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana!
CLASS Assessment
Hear from Anna Kresse and Mackenzie Whipps from the Prenatal to 3 Policy Impact Center about the return on investing in early childcare. In our conversation, we also consider the role of CLASS in the Virginia project and its connection to the return on investment in the quality of childcare.
CLASS Assessment
How can you incorporate music into your classroom, and what does that do for your students? What can it do for you? Listen to learn about how music affects communication and literacy, the magic of creating music together, and how to easily incorporate music with materials you already have.
Video
Watch Bridget Hamre's keynote presentation from the InterAct CLASS Summit 2023 in Miami, Florida. Discover what it takes to connect, engage, and inspire learning in today's climate.
Podcast
In this episode of Impacting the Classroom, hear from Keami Harris, the Chief Equity and Strategy Officer at the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, and Dr. William Johnson, the Director of Educational Strategy at the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund. Dive into the history of early childcare and how to support a more equitable system through funding.
CLASS Assessment
New research from the nonprofit, LENA, suggests that babies born since the pandemic started are talking less and experiencing fewer conversational turns than babies born before COVID. Listen to the full episode to learn how educators can best support healthy language development for these young children.
Podcast
Our guests discuss what continuous quality improvement systems are, whether student experiences are improving as a result of them, and how to push the field toward a more equitable system where all children have access to high-quality, meaningful interactions.
CLASS Assessment
As universal Pre-K becomes a real possibility in the United States, it’s important to look at other places that have these systems in place to find out what we can learn from them. In this episode, you’ll hear from two people who have firsthand experience with the pre-K system in Quebec. Listen to the conversation to learn about how Quebec’s childcare system came to be, the financial aspects of universal pre-K systems, and strategies for improving and ensuring quality at scale.