The United States has finally decided to invest serious resources in our children. It just took a pandemic for it...
Bank Street Makes the Case for Compensation
Puts Pay at the Center of the Child Care Dialogue
It isn’t the 1950s anymore. The reality before and, presumably, after the pandemic, is that parents are outside of home...
Dr. María E. Enchautegui had noticed a pattern. Puerto Rico had a very low labor force participation as compared to...
Long a Stranger to the Spotlight, Child Tax Credit Earns Embrace of Both Parties
Proposals to expand the benefit are coming from every corner as the election — as well as a harsh 2025 deadline — looms
This article was produced in partnership with The 74. The Child Tax Credit isn’t a subject you’d expect to receive...
What would happen if we prioritized children’s potential? That’s the question implicitly asked and explicitly answered in the recent paper...
The trauma of COVID-19 is widespread but not evenly distributed. Some communities are suffering more than others. The Commonwealth of Virginia has seen encouraging numbers lately, but of course it is not out of the woods. A recent Town Hall for Richmond-area parents featured...
The idea is so logical it almost goes without saying: It is better, smarter and more efficient to handle small...
Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...
Some of the headlines, such as this one on an opinion piece in the Washington Post, have been jarring: The...
Early Learning Nation magazine often focuses on child care and early education, which comprise about one-fifth of the $648 billion...
Everyone counts—homeless or hedge fund manager, black or white, undocumented or Mayflower stock. This is America, right? So what’s up...
The Founding Fathers built competition among the states into our system of government. With 50-plus laboratories for democracy, we’re bound...