One of “Aesop’s Fables” goes like this: “A group of pigeons, terrified by the appearance of a Kite, called upon...
Child Care Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on our already fragile child care system. Providers have closed, others are struggling, and everyone it seems is realizing that without child care, America can’t get back to work. (Yes, child care is infrastructure.) Early Learning Nation is covering the field with rigor and nuance from a historical perspective (Universal Child Care was a great success during WWII), to the latest legislative proposals and to ways that we must transform the way we treat our undervalued and largely unseen child care workforce.
Experts and officials often talk about “child care deserts” to describe regions without enough formal child care, but Maki Park...
Marti Beard is a fifth-generation rancher in addition to being vice president of Early Childhood Programs of Nebraska Children and...
Build Back Better Helps, Not Hurts, Faith-Based Child Care
Critics are Overselling the Changes While Religious Programs Fight for Their Lives
While the investments in early care and education appear broadly safe, one unresolved design question concerns what should be required of child care programs operated by faith communities.
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated inequities and fragilities inherent in existing child care markets and decimated the supply of child care...
Martha’s Vineyard, an island south of Cape Cod, Mass., has long been known as a resort community for prosperous Black families as well as a gathering place for Democratic Party leaders and supporters. There’s more to the picture, however, than summertime wealth and power. A recent report based on the American Communities Survey described “a continuing housing crisis and some of the deeply ingrained inequality affecting the rest of the country.”
As anyone knows who reads Early Learning Nation, not to mention any major newspaper or magazine, child care has dangerously...
As any of us know who’ve spent time with preschoolers, they can be highly challenging. They have strong opinions, but...
As the fight for an effective and well-funded child care system continues, philanthropies are exploring innovative avenues to support advocacy...
As a state representative in Michigan, Greg VanWoerkom has gone on a lot of tours of local businesses to find...