When the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic hit this spring, Alabama’s First Class Pre-K turned on a dime to...
Can Play ‘Level the Playing Field’ in Chicago? How VOCEL Is Shifting Strategy to Magnify Impact
Part 4 of “Seasons of Play” Series
Jesse Ilhardt is an evangelist for play. Her wildly popular TEDx talk, “How Play Helps a Kid’s Brain Grow,” shot...
As the fight for an effective and well-funded child care system continues, philanthropies are exploring innovative avenues to support advocacy...
7 Reasons to Be Encouraged about the Planet Our Children Are Inheriting
Finding Hope in the U.S. Early Years Climate Action Plan
While climate change is all around us, and the projections are uniformly grim, there have never been so many local,...
As part of their effort to target early childhood from ages zero to eight, BDCI-Colorado President Jalen Taylor is working to expand their reach across the Rocky Mountain state – with a special focus on mental health and wellness.
Most of us instantly recognize the term “gray matter” as a synonym for the brain. Mention “white matter” and you...
Wisconsin is Cutting State Funding for Child Care. Providers are Taking a Stand
Child care providers have long advocated for an equitable system and more support. In Wisconsin, they’re taking action.
On Monday, child care providers across the country participated in the fourth annual Day Without Child Care, closing their doors...
Last fall, I wrote about upEND, a new project focused on addressing structural inequities in the country’s child welfare system....
While Helen Russell’s clever, well-researched exploration of the parenting culture of Denmark and other Nordic countries might not fully map onto the experience of most families in the U.S. or U.K. (Russell’s original home), it offers refreshing insights that can help parents relax a bit, give themselves heaps of grace and have much more fun raising their family.
My conversation with the Center for Playful Inquiry’s Susan Harris MacKay and Matt Karlsen ignited an intense curiosity about how...
Covid-19 prevented us from taking our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road for two years. That changed this week when...
“Literacy learning for young children is not bound in time and space,” proclaims Susan Neuman’s latest paper for Reading Research...
