Oklahoma Child Care Options Are Abysmal, and It’s Not By Accident Guess who's the blame? Lawmakers. Janelle Stecklein·Dec 23, 2024·4 min readA few years ago, I had just about given up hope. Every month for nearly two years after my youngest... Read More
CT, NH Mandate Play-Based Learning in Schools. Why All States Should Do the Same Wagner: Young kids learn through play. Requiring it provides an education that is enriching and rigorous and sets the foundation for future success Janna Wagner·Nov 20, 2024·3 min readIf you were to shadow a family child care educator for a day, you might join a group of young... Read More
Has the 2024 Election Cycle Set the Stage for a National Consensus on Child Care? Child care may be closer to an open window of opportunity than our divided politics would suggest possible. Elliot Haspel·Nov 5, 2024·5 min readA famous theory in political science asserts that windows for major policy reforms come along only every so often, and... Read More
OPINION: Federal Programs and Data Demonstrate the Value of Relative and Neighbor Child Care Providers It's Time for Federal Policy to Do the Same Natalie Renew·Sep 13, 2023·2 min readFamily, friend and neighbor child care (FFN)—child care that is offered informally in families and communities by trusted family members... Read More
Opinion: Raising Child Care Ratios is a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad IdeaElliot Haspel·Mar 15, 2022·3 min readOne of “Aesop’s Fables” goes like this: “A group of pigeons, terrified by the appearance of a Kite, called upon... Read More
Opinion: Child Cares Look Safe — It’s Time To Act Like ItElliot Haspel·Jun 10, 2020·7 min readCOVID-19 is a bizarre disease that defies easy answers. It impacts the lungs – except when it doesn’t. It brutalizes... Read More