News Archive
November 7, 2016
Since its inception as a groundbreaking, integrated child care center, FPG has conducted research and offered professional development to advance the knowledge base about children of diverse backgrounds...
November 4, 2016
Sharon Lunn will serve as North Carolina's statewide “ambassador” to spearhead use of new recommended practices for the care and education of young children with disabilities...
November 1, 2016
Students in the Family Success Alliance’s Kindergarten Readiness Camp have shown significant gains in fundamental cognitive and literacy skills.
October 12, 2016
FPG's Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center has selected 16 experts across the country to serve as “ambassadors” to spearhead the use of new Recommended Practices...
October 4, 2016
This month marks the 30th Anniversary of Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education...
September 20, 2016
Odom also will deliver a lecture for the university, "The Science of Autism: from Etiology to Professional Practice"...
September 12, 2016
FPG's Jessica Dykstra headed the study, testing a program in North Carolina elementary school classrooms with four kindergartners and first graders...
September 8, 2016
Bertie County teachers will receive live webcam coaching to boost their support for struggling elementary school readers...
September 5, 2016
Over the years, “Abecedarian” would become synonymous with positive, long-term effects of high-quality early care and education...
September 2, 2016
The seminal Carolina Institute for Research on Early Education for the Handicapped, one of FPG's largest projects, spanned ten years...
August 26, 2016
John F. Kennedy had planted the seeds for the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute the month before he was assassinated...
August 24, 2016
Two FPG projects have received recognition for their groundbreaking work: “Autism Focused Intervention Resources & Modules” (AFIRM) and the “State Implementation and Scaling-Up of Evidence-Based Practices Center” (SISEP)...
July 25, 2016
A recording for a webinar on a new report, "Parenting Matters: Supporting Parents of Children Ages 0-8 from the Board on Children, Youth, and Families," is now available online...
July 5, 2016
Two hundred respected researchers, policymakers, and practitioners participated in FPG's conference to envision and enable better outcomes for young children and their families...
June 20, 2016
The U.S. Department of Education’s “Key Data Highlights on Equity and Opportunity Gaps in our Nation’s Public Schools” informs many issues that intersect with FPG's work...
June 7, 2016
New research combining eight large child care studies reveals that preschools prepare children to succeed academically when teachers provide higher quality instruction...
June 1, 2016
New research combining eight large child care studies reveals that preschools prepare children to succeed academically when teachers provide higher quality instruction...
May 30, 2016
This "Advancing Knowledge, Enhancing Lives" panel took an in-depth look at Diversity...
May 30, 2016
This "Advancing Knowledge, Enhancing Lives" conference panel explored better outcomes for young children with disabilities and their families...
