Educare California at Silicon Valley serves as a model early learning school and the region’s leading professional development and research institute. Located in San José’s Franklin-McKinley School District, the school is a laboratory for teacher training and high-quality early learning. Teachers work with children to develop literacy and early math skills, as well as social-emotional skills: the ability to focus on a task, persistence, impulse control and cooperation with peers.

The 34,000-square-foot school contains a Teacher Professional Development Institute, learning technology for the teacher training programs, 16 state-of-the-art classrooms, multiple indoor and outdoor learning spaces, and a resource center for families and the community.