Edward Manuszak wears many hats, but the two most important are Superintendent of Dundee (MI) Community Schools and as the AASA Early Learning Cohort Co-Chair. In both roles, he works to deliver excellent learning opportunities. So why is Manuszak among the first to say that “Early Childhood Matters Most?”
The fellows program of the Zaentz Early Education Initiative at Harvard University cultivates new leaders in this vital and rapidly...
According to New America’s recent “Lost in the Labyrinth” report, “Families with the youngest children stand to gain the most...
The Washington, D.C.-based Bainum Family Foundation recently announced a five-year, $100 million funding commitment to early childhood. The ambitious plan...
RAPID Celebrates Five Years of Surveys
What makes RAPID surveys unique is the priority of disseminating results quickly in a format that is accessible and usable.
When the RAPID Survey Project began in April 2020, everyone involved thought it would be a short-lived, ad hoc undertaking...
When the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project reported earlier this year that women in the workforce have made the greatest contribution...
Innovations in Child Care: Meeting Parents’ Diverse Needs and Preferences
Part 2 of a 5-Part Series
Our country is in a child care crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic, which has shown how difficult it is for...
“This is a moment for difficult conversations,” says Dr. Robert Blaine, who recently became senior executive of the Institute for...
April Fournier is not just a Portland (ME) Councilmember, she’s also an early childhood support specialist within an outpatient pediatric clinic. After the child’s medical health visit, Fournier checks in with the parents to provide support on the “social determinants of health”: housing, food and other areas critical to a child’s development.
Summer’s here, and the time is right for… helping our kids hold onto what they learned during this extraordinary year....
First-Ever Study Provides High-Tech Window on Mother-Child Brain Synchrony
I-LABS Collaborates with Japanese and Taiwanese Brain Scientists
We’ve all had the experience of feeling “in synch” with another person, and mothers frequently describe feeling a “psychic connection”...
The Indigenous Early Learning Collaborative’s Change Mentality
Bridging Research and Practice with First Light Education Project Founder Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz
At the Brazelton Touchpoints Center (BTC) National Forum next week, Dr. Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz will receive the T. Berry Brazelton Award....
