Developed in the 1990s, Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) aim to increase the availability of high-quality early education programs,...
First Responders to a Hidden Emergency
Behind ReadyNation’s Report on the U.S. Child Care Crisis
How can the United States ensure that the next generation will be prepared for the responsibilities of citizenship? Barry D....
OPINION: Federal Programs and Data Demonstrate the Value of Relative and Neighbor Child Care Providers
It's Time for Federal Policy to Do the Same
Family, friend and neighbor child care (FFN)—child care that is offered informally in families and communities by trusted family members...
Building Young Brains When Schools Are Closed, Part 3: Outdoor Tips and Activities
Our Top Tips for Parents and Caregivers
This is part 3 of a a three-part series. Read Part 1 (Offline Activities) and Part 2 (Online Tips). In...
Preschools Teach ‘Hardly Any Math’, Even as Students Struggle in Later Grades
Math advocates say more early math, taught through play or games, can help students later.
Preschool teacher Emily Johnson counts the row of green bear figurines Mayeda Alan, 4, has set on a table at...
In this two-part series, Elliot Haspel explores how one Oregon region mobilized to generate an innovative, next-generation plan for universal...
What do you do when the world is turned upside-down? Once you stop panicking, you listen. That’s the core value...
The idea of climate change can seem so huge and impenetrable the temptation might be to panic, distract ourselves or...
As a professor, nurse, mom and policymaker, access to efficient, effective and equitable early childhood education is and has been an ongoing top priority of mine.
Praise is a funny thing. Words of acknowledgment can be the water and sunshine that help children grow into sturdy,...
Hospitality. Housing. Hope: Three resources every person dealing with homelessness needs—and they’re in especially short supply for women. For women...
I attend every one of Promise Venture Studio’s Show+Tell webinars that I can because they introduce me to childhood development entrepreneurs I wouldn’t have heard about otherwise. The concise, compelling pitches at the events are aimed at funders, researchers and policy makers who can scale up visionary ideas—but they’re valuable for anyone in the field.
