“Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone’s disbelief,” said August Wilson, playwright of the great “Pittsburgh Cycle.”...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its first-ever guidelines on screen time for children younger than 5, recommending no...
I still have flashbacks to the time my elder child’s kindergarten teacher left me alone with the class. Opening Cloudy...
The request might not show up on any baby-shower wish list, but the gift practically every new parent wants most...
Hiding in the basement from my wife and kids, I tuned into a recent webinar on screen time, part of...
Captain Underpants Is Welcome Here: Carla Hayden’s Vision for Community Hubs
She not only runs the world greatest library. She also keeps a Little Free Library in her office.
A librarian right down to her sensible shoes, Dr. Carla Hayden greets visitors to her office in the Library of...
The pressure to over-program kids often seems endless – so much so that a simple, old-fashioned idea has fallen to the side: Children should play. Roberta Michnick Golinkoff & Kathy Hirsh-Pasek – researchers and co-authors of “Becoming Brilliant, What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children” – explain their “Learning Landscapes” program, where they help local municipalities turn public spaces like bus stops into child-friendly play zones.
Not everyone who comes to America is pursuing the American Dream. Some are in flight from life-threatening crises. Layered on...
Developed in the 1990s, Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) aim to increase the availability of high-quality early education programs,...
When the Council for Professional Recognition issued its millionth Child Development Associate (CDA) credential in September 2023, it was cause...
When three in 10 candidates who sign up for your program don’t make it to the end, you know you...
The American Rescue Plan signed by President Joe Biden on March 12 contains a number of potentially game-changing policies for...
