Learn & Grow launches. Alaska joins 43 other states in offering a Quality Recognition and Improvement System (QRIS). This new statewide system is called Learn & Grow, housed and managed by thread.
Enrollment opens to all State of Alaska and Municipality of Anchorage licensed centers, licensed group homes, and licensed home programs, with two of the five levels of quality available. Within the first year, Learn & Grow achieves double its enrollment goal of 10% of eligible programs.
thread celebrates its 30th anniversary with the Art by Children (ABC) Project. The Art By Children (ABC) Project, a collaboration between the Alaska State Council on the Arts and thread, brings together local artists and early childhood education programs from across the state.
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ead celebrates the 10th year of Book Party in the Park. - The Anchorage Association for the Education of Young Children Recognizes thread for supporting the professional growth and development of Early Childhood Professionals – who care for and educate Alaska’s young children birth to age eight.
- thread releases its FY16 Annual Report.
- thread works with the North Slope Borough to help start child care programs in both Barrow/Utqiagvik and Nuiqsut.
