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As a country, we have everything we need to make the ideal real for all children — the question is how quickly and equitably we can achieve our shared vision. If you are an advocate for high-quality early childhood experiences for all children, whether you’re a parent, an educator, a local leader, a funder, or a policymaker, please connect with the ideal learning community and join us!

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Thank you for everything you do to create ideal learning environments for the children you work with. Please join us to stay connected!

Ideal Learning Head Start Network

The Ideal Learning Head Start Network aims to facilitate the integration of ideal learning approaches into Head Start, ensuring that children…

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Montessori Leaders Collaborative

In 2011, Trust for Learning began to support the Montessori Leaders Collaborative (MLC), a community of leaders from national Montessori…

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Portraits of Ideal Learning

Through this project, Trust for Learning supported New America Foundation to document and amplify concrete examples of how the principles…

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Professional Learning Communities

In New Haven, CT, early childhood educators receive on-going in-service professional learning anchored in the Principles of Ideal Learning. Context…

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Ideal Learning Roundtable

The Ideal Learning Roundtable (ILR) is a group of developmental early childhood education experts who work collectively toward equitable expansion…

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Expanding Preschool Ideal Learning Programs in Colorado

Policy Resources to Expand Preschool Ideal Learning Programs in Colorado With support from Trust For Learning, Early Milestones Colorado new…

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