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Core Research Foundations

What Capacity First is built on


Educore Prep is grounded in developmental science across education, pediatrics, and neuroscience. Capacity First™ is our implementation approach to aligning early learning environments with what children’s brains require in the first five years of life.

Serve-and-return interaction shapes brain architecture


 

 Back-and-forth interaction between adults and young children strengthens the neural foundations for language, social development, and higher-order learning. 



Center on the Developing Child: Harvard University

Stress regulation depends on supportive adult buffering


  Co-regulation is when caregiving adults help a child manage emotions by providing attuned, responsive support.


Zero to Three

Developmentally appropriate practice centers whole-child dev

 

   Effective early childhood practice is rooted in developmental knowledge and supportive relationships. DAP emphasizes learning environments that build emotional security, engagement, autonomy, and meaningful learning. 


National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)(2020)

effective Practice change requires ongoing support.

 Professional learning is most effective when it includes active learning, coaching, feedback, and sustained support over time. One-time trainings rarely shift daily practice—implementation support is what helps educators build new habits and skills. 

Learning Policy Institute (2017)

Capacity First Research

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Aligned Partnerships


Educore Prep is designed to support research–practice collaboration and measurable capacity-first implementation in birth–5 settings.


We welcome partnerships in:


  • research and evaluation
     
  • higher education alignment
     
  • program and network pilots


  •  philanthropic partners  


  •  education innovation leaders and investors 



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