K.C. Compton, Author at Early Learning Nation

For Want of a Diaper, Families Are Getting Lost: No Diapers. No Day Care. No Job.

K.C. Compton·April 20, 2021·7 min read

This may be one of the saddest facts you read in a while: One in three moms in the U.S.... Read More

Researchers Connect Cardio Health and Cognition—Even as Early as Preschool

K.C. Compton·April 6, 2021·6 min read

For years, adults have been encouraged to get sufficient exercise to support their brain health. As it turns out, cardiovascular... Read More

Vocabulary for the Win with Conversational Turns

A Scalable Program for Early Learning

K.C. Compton·March 23, 2021·7 min read

The massive inequality that characterizes children’s opportunity to learn and succeed in the U.S. is no secret. Children who have... Read More

What the Eyes Don’t See: Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha

Book Review: What the Eyes Don’t See: Fueled by Idealism, Backed by Science

How a Pediatrician Confronted a Public Health Crisis and Rocked a Nation

K.C. Compton·February 25, 2021·7 min read

Hanna-Attisha’s riveting first-person account of the public health catastrophe that has become known as the Flint water crisis not only lays out the facts of how a government poisoned its own people; it lays open the heart of a doctor who swore an oath to protect the health and lives of the children affected. Read More