Welcome to the first edition of my new monthly column, “Elliot’s Provocations.” The goal of this column is to unpack... Read More
What if, as a counterpart to public school districts for children five and under, we had “early childhood districts” adapted... Read More
It will take a long time for us to fully unpack the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Research has... Read More
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... Read More
As the debate rages over proposals to improve U.S. child care, several commentators— mostly self-described conservatives—have pointed to Quebec’s child... Read More
The Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act: The Boldest Plan On Offer Is Quietly Received (3-Part Series, Part 2)
Series: Which Path Forward?: Analyzing the Flurry of Federal Child Care Proposals
Sen. Elizabeth Warren was in many ways the match that lit the current child care moment. Before the world had... Read More
The “Child Care For Working Families Act”: Transition Fuel for Universal Child Care (3-Part Series, Part 1)
Series: Which Path Forward?: Analyzing the Flurry of Federal Child Care Proposals
When I declared on this site a few months back that “The Era of Child Care Incrementalism Is Over,” I had no idea how much April would prove the point. Not only is the White House gearing up to release the American Families Plan -- which will include, per the Washington Post, over $400 billion in early care & education funding -- but on Thursday, Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Bobby Scott reintroduced a new iteration of the Child Care For Working Families Act (CCWFA). Read More
Imagine you are building a car. You invest in a solid chassis, make sure the wheels are inflated, oil the... Read More
Early on in the recently released documentary Through The Night, Deloris “Nunu” Hogan circles up the group of children under... Read More
This is why we can’t have nice things. Finally, at long last, bipartisan momentum is building towards an affordable, accessible,... Read More
