The Founding Fathers built competition among the states into our system of government. With 50-plus laboratories for democracy, we’re bound...
When the Onondaga Citizens League saw that only 9% of the students in the Syracuse City School District were reading...
Early Learning Nation magazine often focuses on child care and early education, which comprise about one-fifth of the $648 billion...
Policymakers increasingly understand the importance of expanding the availability of quality early care and education for young children. In good...
Trauma, chaos and unrelenting stress can overwhelm anyone’s ability to nurture. For incarcerated parents, these hardships often have been a...
Did you know that infants require up to 12 diapers per day? Did you also know this can cost families...
California Added a New Grade for 4-Year-Olds. Here’s How Many Parents Have Enrolled
While the overall numbers of enrolled students are up, the percentage of eligible 4-year-olds enrolled has fallen.
In July, Gov. Gavin Newsom touted the success of California’ transitional kindergarten expansion, saying enrollment in the $2.7 billion program...
Soon after the city of Las Vegas made a substantial investment in early learning with its Strong Start Academies Pre-K...
Connecticut Becomes First State in Nation for Baby Bonds
Helps Tackle Generational Poverty in Low-Income Families
Connecticut just took an unprecedented step: on June 30 it became the first state in the country to create baby...
Some of the headlines, such as this one on an opinion piece in the Washington Post, have been jarring: The...
5 Takeaways from the “2020 Texas Fatherhood Fridays” Summit
Improving Childhood Outcomes in Texas by Supporting Dads
On Friday, July 10, the Child and Family Research Partnership (CFRP) at the University of Texas at Austin presented a virtual event focused on Fatherhood in Texas. The annual summit was reimagined this year as a series of online presentations titled 2020 Texas Fatherhood Fridays. UT Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Prevention and Early Intervention Division sponsored the series.
Legislation that includes what an early childhood advocacy group says is an “historic investment in early childhood” has been signed...
