COVID-19 is a bizarre disease that defies easy answers. It impacts the lungs – except when it doesn’t. It brutalizes...
Oklahoma Child Care Options Are Abysmal, and It’s Not By Accident
Guess who's the blame? Lawmakers.
A few years ago, I had just about given up hope. Every month for nearly two years after my youngest...
How Early Relationships Fuel Brain Development and Learning
Hau and Kang: Investing in early relationships is not just an act of kindness; it is a societal imperative that builds our future relational economy.
Among the most profound expressions of love are the relationships that shape a child’s earliest years. Just as love between...
‘Chainsaw Approach’ to Budget Cuts Leaves Military Families as Collateral Damage
Haspel: Child care programs on military bases are shutting down amid spending freezes, leaving families scrambling for care and undermining readiness.
Collateral damage is primarily a military term, and it is perhaps the best way to describe what some families of...
Wisconsin is Cutting State Funding for Child Care. Providers are Taking a Stand
Child care providers have long advocated for an equitable system and more support. In Wisconsin, they’re taking action.
On Monday, child care providers across the country participated in the fourth annual Day Without Child Care, closing their doors...
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
If you were to shadow a family child care educator for a day, you might join a group of young...
6-Year-Olds in England Get a Phonics Check. American Kids Should Get One, Too
Aldeman: Having students read a list of 40 words — some real, some not — and pass with an 80 or better has driven dramatic increases in performance
I’m going to give you a reading test. Ready? Say these words out loud: Chip Hill Jars Bep Fod Glork...
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
Family, friend and neighbor child care (FFN)—child care that is offered informally in families and communities by trusted family members...
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.
A famous theory in political science asserts that windows for major policy reforms come along only every so often, and...
A Rapid Succession of Child Care Closures Calls for Close Scrutiny
Is Guidepost Montessori on a path to becoming one of America’s most significant child care collapses?
The closure of a child care program can be devastating to children, families and the early educators who staff them....
Open Letter: Coalition Urges Trump to Prioritize Child Care and Early Learning
A group of 88 state and national organizations sent a letter to President Trump outlining priorities for our nation’s youngest children and their families.
Research has proven that the first five years of a child’s life are critical for healthy development, and we know...
History Lessons Matter, Even in Preschool
Stillinger: Nothing is as compelling to a child as another child’s story, so my students learn about young people who helped create change.
When people hear that I work in a preschool, they can easily picture me pretending to drink tea, pinky up...
