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A new report from researchers at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute indicates that children who attend Georgia’s pre-K program achieve expected or greater-than-expected gains in language and literacy skills, largely due to intentional teaching strategies and nurturing classroom environments.

This impact story from the Early Childhood Technical Assistance (ECTA) Center at FPG spotlights how it, along with its partners, provided technical assistance to help states prepare for the DMS 2.0 process and Office of Special Education Programs OSEP monitoring visit.

The UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is excited to welcome its sixth cohort of Marvin H. McKinney Scholars, which includes Mariah Hackett and Karima Mitchell-Hill from North Carolina Central University, Amanda Lee from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, and Anastasia Sellars-Thompson from Fayetteville State University.

Sherri Britt Williams serves as a co-PI and associate director for the national ECTA Center, a senior TA specialist with the national STEMIE Center, and co-chair of the International Early Childhood Inclusion Institute. As part of our FPG profile series, we recently spoke with her to learn more about her work. Here’s what she had to say.

To help celebrate FPG's 60th anniversary, we’ve been looking back at our history, our people, and their remarkable work over the past six decades. A series of interviews featuring four former directors and the current director provides insight into the personal and professional impact of leading the Institute. In this installment, we hear from Ayse Belger.

This impact story from the ECTA Center at FPG spotlights how they assisted the New Hampshire Early Intervention Program in effecting a change in the culture of service delivery by helping providers and families understand the important role that caregivers have in supporting their children's development.

Kristine Earl is a technical assistance specialist at FPG. In this role, she partners with state educational and public agencies to provide technical assistance and professional development learning opportunities to support the implementation of best practices in early childhood and K-12 education. As part of our FPG profile series, we recently spoke with her to learn more about her work. Here’s what she had to say.

A team of implementation specialists at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is behind a new and growing collection of practical, research-informed resources, the Implementation Capacity for Triple P (ICTP) Implementation Support Practice Action Guide Series.

To help celebrate the 60th anniversary of FPG, we will be looking back at stories that highlight our history, its people, and some of the incredible work accomplished within the Institute over the past six decades. This piece, from FPG’s Early Developments discusses FPG's child care center and how it was a model for inclusion.