“Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone’s disbelief,” said August Wilson, playwright of the great “Pittsburgh Cycle.”...
How Can We Make This School Year the Most Playful in History?
Educators and Experts Weigh In
It’s “back to school” time, whether the children in your life are going back to an actual school or to...
When three in 10 candidates who sign up for your program don’t make it to the end, you know you...
More Bad News for Child Care: The Importance of Not Looking Away
Our Broken Child Care System and How to Fix It, Part 2
In this three-part series, Dr. Laura Justice—executive director of the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy at The...
Our Child Care Facilities Are in Crisis But There Are Solutions
Business, Nonprofits, Chambers of Commerce Build Coalitions
In the morning, as children dash into their preschools and home-based care sites, hanging coats and finding favorite toys or...
7 Reasons to Be Encouraged about the Planet Our Children Are Inheriting
Finding Hope in the U.S. Early Years Climate Action Plan
While climate change is all around us, and the projections are uniformly grim, there have never been so many local,...
Lived Experience Sabra Bell remembers what it was like to be pregnant and low on funds. “Extra cash would have...
Erikson Institute’s New, Fully Funded Master’s Program for Educators of Color in Chicago
Applications Due April 21 for Educator Impact Grants
Erikson Institute’s new Master of Science in Early Childhood Education (MSECE) licensure program is designed to prepare teachers to teach...
Did you hear the one about the marine biologist who walked into a neuroscience lab? The University of Washington’s Institute...
Last November, voters in and around Grand Rapids, Michigan’s second-largest city (population 200,000), made Kent County the first county in Michigan to approve a referendum that raises property taxes specifically for early childhood.
Tennessee on Track to Become First in Nation to Offer Diaper Benefit to Medicaid Families
Good, Say Medicaid Expansion Advocates, But More Work Is Needed
Some of Tennessee’s most vulnerable families could soon get relief from the high cost of diapers, as the state works...
The request might not show up on any baby-shower wish list, but the gift practically every new parent wants most...
