The idea of creating a national, universal child care system in this country got a turn in the spotlight during...
“His name is Spencer,” declared the kindergartner proudly holding out her hand. “Spencer the Slug.” Other students jostled for a...
Mount Sinai Pilot Project: Creating a Culture Shift in Pediatric Health Care
Case Study Available for Download
Over a few nights in 2019, a radical change took place at New York’s renowned Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital....
Virginia is for Childcare Solutions
Smart2Start = 1 Application for Almost 150 Providers
Virginia’s Roanoke Valley, anchored by its namesake city in Southwest Virginia, is a considerable distance from the economically booming area...
In Spring 2022, when New York City and its largest poverty-fighting philanthropy launched the Child Care Quality and Innovation Initiative,...
Maria Montessori’s Influence on Early Education
Part 1 of a 3-Part Series
Part I: From Italy to the World Maria Montessori (1870-1952) might not be quite as famous as her near contemporaries...
Our friends at the Brookings Institution create remarkable work and we take great pleasure in sharing it with our audiences....
Those of us who watched too much TV in the 1970s probably remember commercials extolling long-distance phone calls as The...
When workers leave an industry in droves because the pay is better at fast-food chains or because they can’t take...
The Education Trust recently issued a new report, Young Learners, Missed Opportunities. Subtitled “Ensuring That Black and Latino Children Have...
As kids head back to school—in person, hybrid or remote—a wistfulness for the missed opportunities of summer might be setting...
When we hear the word, “lullaby,” most of us imagine something like the dictionary definition of “a gentle, quiet song that lulls a child to sleep,” a cradle song to soothe a baby’s way to the Land of Nod. For the past 12 years, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute has been refining that definition with its Lullaby Project.
