Southern Living magazine calls it the South’s Best College Town, but Athens-Clark County also has its challenges, including a 30%...
Early Learning Nation columnist Mark Swartz writes for and about nonprofit organizations. Author of the children's books Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe, Lost Flamingo, Magpie Bridge and The Giant of the Flood as well as a few novels, he lives in Takoma Park, MD, with his wife and two children.
What do you do when a preschooler throws a desk? For Carol Barton, project director of Early Childhood Education in...
On February 7, the Hunt Institute hosted a conversation on the health outcomes of mothers and infants of color, as compared to their white counterparts.
Investing in New Systems for Paying Educators What They Need and Deserve
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For U.S. children to realize their potential, the professionals who care and educate them need the training, respect and compensation...
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Fleeing from death threats and domestic abuse in Honduras, Diana braved the journey to the United States with her three...
It looks like just another ordinary day at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM). A dozen mothers and about 30...
A decade ago, early childhood advocacy could be a lonely pursuit. “It felt like we were talking to an empty auditorium,” says Bruce D. Perry, MD, Ph.D. “Now there are more people in the auditorium. They’re recognizing the power of early childhood, the importance of creating policy and practice that will benefit children and that will meet the needs of the adults who are caring for young children.”
Frederica Perera, founder of the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health, didn’t write Children’s Health and the Perils of Climate...
Every year, air pollution-related causes kill more than half a million children before their fifth birthdays, and an even greater number are afflicted by lasting damage to their developing brains and lungs.
Bilingualism means more than the ability to speak two languages. Robert Stechuk, UnidosUS’s director of early childhood education programs, maintains...
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Oregon is aiming to improve child care across the state—expanding access, boosting quality and building more sustainability into the system....