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Policy in Action 19 March 2024

As part of Early Childhood Ireland’s policy monitoring work, we examine the implementation of key plans and commitments including those in Nurturing Skills: The Workforce Development Plan for Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare and Partnership for the Public Good on an ongoing basis. Recently, a report focusing on the Early Childhood Care

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Policy in Action 12 December 2023

Early Years and School Age Care settings should be recognised as sites of migrant integration Early Childhood Ireland has called for Early Years (EY) and School Age Care (SAC) settings to be recognised as sites of migrant integration and inclusion in its submission to the public consultation to inform a national strategy for migrant integration,

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Transforming Early Years Education with Erasmus+

By Maria Cleary, Director of Funding and Partnerships, Early Childhood Ireland New and exciting opportunity for Early Years settings funding Early Childhood Ireland and Léargas are delighted to partner in raising awareness about the Erasmus+ Key Action 1 (learning exchange) funding opportunity and how to apply. We’ll be hosting two Lunch and Learn webinars in

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Policy in Focus 28 November 2023

“The Irish experience with a major Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) change process ought to contain valuable lessons and inspiration for current and future English ECEC policy development,” according to leading expert and Emeritus Professor of Early Childhood, Eva Lloyd OBE. Professor Lloyd, served as a member of the expert group appointed to develop

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Léargas and Early Childhood Ireland Erasmus+ ECEC Exchange
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Policy Brief: European Commission report highlights Ireland’s efforts to improve quality in EY and SAC

Ireland’s efforts to improve the coordination of its Early Years (EY) and School Age Care (SAC) quality assurance and development processes were highlighted as a case study of “inspiring practices” in the second report of the European Commission’s Working Group of Early Childhood Education and Care.   The Working Group, whose main focus for this

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Léargas and Early Childhood Ireland Erasmus+ ECEC Exchange
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Children Rights Alliance: Child Poverty Monitor 2022

The Child Poverty Monitor is a new annual publication by the Children’s Rights Alliance. The Monitor will follow Government progress on reducing the number of children in poverty, outline best practice solutions and highlight areas of concern including food poverty, income inadequacy, education inequality and the cost of living. The Children’s Rights Alliance ensures children’s

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How should we compare early learning and care systems?
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How should we compare Early Learning and Care systems?

In this policy brief, we look at a recent academic article that argues that we should be comparing early learning ad care systems at a subnational level instead of at a national level. To argue this point, the article details the results of two projects in Argentina.

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