Child Care NEXT, a new initiative of the Alliance for Early Success, supports diverse coalitions in states “ready to mount...
An Electoral “Children’s Wave”
Q&A with Children's Funding Project Founder Elizabeth Gaines
On November 3rd, seven early childhood ballot initiatives went before voters in cities and counties around the nation. All seven...
5 Top Takeaways: Hunt Institute and Alliance for Early Success Explore Big Wins for Little Kids 2022
2022 produced an impressive number of big wins, which the Hunt Institute and Alliance for Early Success explored December 5 in this year’s edition of the Big Wins for Little Kids webinar.
Innovations in Child Care: Meeting Parents’ Diverse Needs and Preferences
Part 2 of a 5-Part Series
Our country is in a child care crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic, which has shown how difficult it is for...
Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...
In this two-part series, Elliot Haspel explores how one Oregon region mobilized to generate an innovative, next-generation plan for universal...
As the pandemic-era federal funding that propped up child care runs out — and the hope for Build Back Better...
Last November, voters in Multnomah County, Ore., approved a measure to form a new universal preschool system. To pay for it, the county, which includes the city of Oregon, will collect a 1.5% tax on incomes of more than $125,000 per year and joint filings topping $250,000.
Trauma, chaos and unrelenting stress can overwhelm anyone’s ability to nurture. For incarcerated parents, these hardships often have been a...
How Child Care in Oregon is Saving the Construction Trade
Statewide apprenticeship program with generous child care subsidies also trains and recruits workers
There has been a construction boom in Oregon. Demand in the trade continues to rise yet 90 percent of construction...
Summer’s here, and the time is right for… helping our kids hold onto what they learned during this extraordinary year....
Where do you go for the top news in Early Learning at the state level? Check out “5 Questions for...