As a state representative in Michigan, Greg VanWoerkom has gone on a lot of tours of local businesses to find...
Author’s Note: This moment, when the world has stopped spinning on its axis, presents an important opportunity to re-examine our...
As a young child in Educare, when Jamal Poindexter used to play with his friend Alec, the thing they liked...
The Power of First 10 Partnerships: 3 Examples
Part II of a two-part interview with David Jacobson
The First 10 initiative of the Education Development Center (EDC) supports a network that will soon include more than 60...
Where do you go for the top news in Early Learning at the municipal level? Check out “5 Questions for the Mayor,” where we’ll explore the top Early Learning challenges and successes in cities across the nation. We’re thrilled to partner with the National League of Cities on this new series.
State Roundup: The Summer of Child Care Innovations
New Mexico, Illinois and Connecticut Provide Cross-Section of States Making Bold Moves
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said that states are the “laboratories of democracy.” It turns out they are the...
“The earlier we create an early childhood infrastructure for children and families, the better the guarantee we’ll have for a world-class city. I want that for Milwaukee, and for every child born and raised here.”
A universal child care plan rolled out by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, one of the roughly two dozen...
More than 700 Child Care Providers Shut Their Doors to Demand Better Pay
“Without Child Care, There’s No Workforce”
Lorretta Johnson has been running a child care out of her home in Austin, Texas since 1999, caring mostly for...
“What some may see as a gap,” says Jovanna Archuleta, “that’s not necessarily a gap. We can learn a lot...
The American Rescue Plan signed by President Joe Biden on March 12 contains a number of potentially game-changing policies for...
The United States has finally decided to invest serious resources in our children. It just took a pandemic for it...
