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Published four times a year, each issue of Young Children offers practical, research-based articles on timely topics of interest. The topic of the Summer 2026 issue is Toward Intentional Teaching: The Need for Educator Agency. Articles explore what educator agency looks like in action and how educators need to have the agency to intentionally plan and teach in developmentally appropriate ways.
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NAEYC News
79 From Our President NAEYC Is Us: Stronger, Better, and More Impactful for the Next 100 Years Tonia R. Durden
86 NAEYC Member Spotlight
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91 Elevating the Voices of Practitioners: A Meeting Place for Teacher Research, Inquiry, and Growth Barbara Henderson and Daniel R. Meier
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100 Research in Review Young Children’ s Research in Review Column: Its Past and Its Future Annie Moses and Meghan Salas Atwell
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