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Geography and Race, State by State, Can Determine the Fate Of Both Mother and Baby

CAP Report Outlines the Data

The Editors·March 17, 2020·9 min read

The U.S. has the highest maternal and infant mortality rates among any comparable developed countries. In 2017, it ranked 55th... Read More

How a Detroit Preschool Teacher Tries to Meet Her Students’ needs

The Editors·June 27, 2018·1 min read

Dawn Bruce, a prekindergarten teacher in Detroit’s main district, recently spoke with Chalkbeat about how she assesses and works to... Read More

Early Childhood Alliance Onondaga: A Master Class in Cross-Sector Coalition Building

The Editors·November 5, 2019·8 min read

When the Onondaga Citizens League saw that only 9% of the students in the Syracuse City School District were reading... Read More

A Tale of Two Cities: Free Range in Silver Spring Versus Supervision in Baltimore

The Editors·February 19, 2018·3 min read

By Ellen Galisnky The debate in the media and around the kitchen table continues to gain momentum. Is free range... Read More

A little boy and girl play with toy hammers and nails

Children First: What a “Values-Based Budget” Looks Like

The Editors·September 13, 2019·3 min read

What would happen if we prioritized children’s potential? That’s the question implicitly asked and explicitly answered in the recent paper... Read More

Early Childhood Policy Meets Early Childhood Science, Part I: On School Readiness

The Editors·April 21, 2020·6 min read

Author’s Note: This moment, when the world has stopped spinning on its axis, presents an important opportunity to re-examine our... Read More

Preschools With No Walls

The Editors·June 8, 2018·9 min read

A 2½-year-old boy named Ben was ankle-deep in a Jefferson County creek when suddenly he lost his footing and plopped... Read More

A woman reads a book outdoors with a small boy who has paint and dirt on his face.

Tiny Trees Preschoolers Get to Know Their World, Rain or Shine

The Editors·August 30, 2019·3 min read

The children attending Tiny Trees Preschool classrooms in Seattle and King County parks may look like they’re “just playing,” but those little boots are actually marching, climbing, stomping and squishing their way to a well-rounded preschool education. Read More

Big Plans for Little Kids

Just Don’t Call It Shark Tank for Toddlers

The Editors·April 28, 2020·2 min read

Well before the rest of us started hunkering down and conducting most of our meetings via online video platforms, Promise... Read More

Data-Sharing Leads to Improved Outreach to Preschool-Age Children

Paul Cohn·June 26, 2018·1 min read

This case study from Minnesota shows how, when school administrators saw the kindergarten readiness gap between children who had attended... Read More