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The Unchanging World of Early Childhood Education
Exchange, Summer 2025
A 50-year reflection on how dramatically the world has changed while many early childhood classrooms, structures, and expectations have remained remarkably similar. The article examines the growing burden placed on educators and offers practical ideas for modernizing classrooms, strengthening the workforce, supporting families, and preparing children for a rapidly changing future.
Reproduced with permission of Exchange Press / Dimensions Educational Research Foundation.
“Humor as a Tool in the Workplace” by Jerry Parr
Originally Published: July, 2000
“Minding Our Manners…An Early Childhood Approach” by Jerry Parr
Originally Published: November, 2000
"Family-Style Dining" by Jerry Parr
Originally Published: May, 2002
"The Drug Epidemic Impacts Our Children, Families, and Programs" by Jerry Parr
Originally Published: July, 2005
"It Takes Many Things to Be a Father…It Takes Many More Things to Be a Daddy" by: Jerry Parr
Originally Published: March, 2008
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