Marti Beard is a fifth-generation rancher in addition to being vice president of Early Childhood Programs of Nebraska Children and...
High-quality early education leads to lifelong success for children and their communities, and it cannot happen without professionals cultivating and...
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.
Making the transition to parenting sometimes can feel like a rocky entry into an unknown land. Regardless whether someone has...
Eliminating Structural Inequities in Workforce Preparation
New Grants from the Early Educator Investment Collaborative
Georgia State University (GSU) professor Tonia R. Durden believes the impact of her work extends far beyond the Metro Atlanta...
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...
Hospitality. Housing. Hope: Three resources every person dealing with homelessness needs—and they’re in especially short supply for women. For women...
Vocabulary for the Win with Conversational Turns
A Scalable Program for Early Learning
The massive inequality that characterizes children’s opportunity to learn and succeed in the U.S. is no secret. Children who have...
Last year, Turkish child advocate Yigit Aksakoglu blogged about his work building playgrounds. “Istanbul is a city of 15 million...
What’s Missing in Early Childhood Education: A School District
The established model works for K-12, so why is it missing in ECE?
Neighborhood Villages began with a goal: do for child care what the state already does for K-12. Organize it, regulate...
After learning about the Tools of the Mind curriculum from cofounder Deborah Leong (read our interview), writer Mark Swartz met...
Legislation that includes what an early childhood advocacy group says is an “historic investment in early childhood” has been signed...