The pandemic has upended entire industries, including the early childhood education (ECE) industry, which has suffered through permanent closures, high...
The Rapid Assessment of Pandemic Impact on Development, or RAPID project, gathers essential information on unmet needs and health-promoting behaviors for...
“We’re not going to grow as a nation without a strong system of care,” Gladys Montes stated at the outset...
Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...
The question that parents and practitioners really want to know is this: How safe are child cares? Or, put another way, how likely is my child (or am I) to catch COVID-19 from a child care center? In order to know that, we need to be able to answer how much transmission is occurring WITHIN child care centers? Until we ask the right questions and demand the right data, we’ll be stumbling in the dark.
For many of us, COVID-19 has completely changed how we work. Remote work might have its advantages for some, but when the kids are out of school and libraries and museums are closed, juggling two roles at once can be a challenge. What is a parent to do? As two developmental psychologists dedicated to understanding how children learn and play, these questions are filling our inbox.
Before Coronavirus, the U.S. Child Care Landscape Was Already in Crisis
Our Broken Child Care System and How to Fix It, Part 1
In this three-part series, Dr. Laura Justice—executive director of the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy at The...
Monitoring the patchwork of responses to COVID-19 across 50 states can be overwhelming. For example, in Washington state, a slowdown...
No, the quarantined home isn’t a foxhole, although parents and caretakers may sometimes feel it’s a battleground. We get it: with preschools and daycares closed for the foreseeable future, parents and caregivers are seeking engaging activities to keep the family sane and healthy. A great way to achieve both is by cooking together.
Building Young Brains When Schools Are Closed, Part 3: Outdoor Tips and Activities
Our Top Tips for Parents and Caregivers
This is part 3 of a a three-part series. Read Part 1 (Offline Activities) and Part 2 (Online Tips). In...
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