Rebecca Gale, Author at Early Learning Nation

Takeaways from the Better Life Lab Child Care Innovation Reporting Grants

Rebecca Gale·Dec 20, 2023·4 min read

It began with Build Back Better. Well, truthfully, it has been a decades-long push for many advocacy organizations to put...

MH WorkLife’s “Care At Work Summit NYC” Focuses on Strengthening Resilience, Elevating Care, Transforming Workplaces

Rebecca Gale·Nov 23, 2023·4 min read

We’re doing it wrong. When it comes to taking a paid leave to care for oneself or a family member,...

Rebecca Gale·Nov 15, 2023·4 min read

Dr. María E. Enchautegui had noticed a pattern. Puerto Rico had a very low labor force participation as compared to...

Rebecca Gale·Nov 7, 2023·5 min read

Claudia Goldin, recent Nobel Prize winner and the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University, is a trailblazer who...

Rebecca Gale·Sep 28, 2023·3 min read

A graphic story on the child care cliff and end of ARPA funding for child care

New Survey Shows Generation Z Values Child Care as a Leading Workplace Benefit

Rebecca Gale·Sep 19, 2023·5 min read

Kelly Choi crunched the numbers on child care, and the results didn’t look good. Like the majority (66 percent) of...

Blacksburg, Virginia has money allocated to give child care providers a much-needed pay boost, but for some it may be too late.

Rebecca Gale·Aug 8, 2023·9 min read

Lourdie believes she has found her life’s work as a child care worker. She loves her work in the infant-toddler...

Legislative Session Brings $750 Million in New Funds for Child Care and Early Learning Programs

Rebecca Gale·Jul 25, 2023·4 min read

There are major changes coming for families in Minnesota. That is how Representative Dave Pinto explains it. The Democratic legislator,...

Success Credited to a Decade of Advocacy, Lobbying Efforts, Coalition Building

Rebecca Gale·Jun 27, 2023·4 min read

On Tuesday, June 20, Vermont’s state legislature met in a special legislative session to consider a bipartisan veto override of...

Rebecca Gale·Jun 21, 2023·2 min read

Support for this project was provided by Better Life Lab at New America...

Even After the Governor’s Veto, Sufficient Votes Exist for an Override

Rebecca Gale·Jun 13, 2023·4 min read

The Vermont legislature is close to enacting their goal of bringing near-universal child care to their state with $125 million...

New Data Explored at Better Life Lab at New America Symposium

Rebecca Gale·Mar 28, 2023·4 min read

Before the pandemic began in March 2020, Melissa and Richard Head would have said they evenly split the child care...

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