In one form or another, all 50 states and the District of Columbia recognize the importance of early education and...
In Spring 2022, when New York City and its largest poverty-fighting philanthropy launched the Child Care Quality and Innovation Initiative,...
How often have you looked with pity on parents suffering through a child’s tantrum? Yes, like rubberneckers at a highway crash, it seems like everyone turns around to watch. Don't despair: tantrums are an inevitable part of life with young children. Read more from Ellen Galinsky to explore Executive Function Skills, Autonomy Support and 5 tips for managing tantrums.
While we’re taking Early Learning Nation Studio on the road less often during the pandemic, we’re offering recaps—Top Takeaways—from important...
Mind Field: One Topic, Six Experts
#2: Inequity
Early Learning Nation explores the world of early learning by connecting with advocates, community leaders, early learning professionals, parents and...
Cal Newport Thinks We Can Work Better – But Where Does Caregiving Fit In?
Q+A with Bestselling Author on How and Why Care and Work Intersect
Work and caregiving seem to exist as a yin and yang on our lives: the pull of one exerts influence...
Sharing is one of the most important skills taught by early educators, so it’s ironic that the early education sector is just getting around to embracing sharing as a strategy to make small businesses more sustainable.
Some States Have Avoided the Child Care Cliff
By Keeping Investment Going, About a Dozen States Have Kept Providers Open and Tuition Increases Down.
The federal American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law in early 2022, sent the child care sector the single largest...
All babies need attention and stimulation. What may be surprising is how little actual instruction they need. Given that the...
Whitney Taylor belongs to Iowa’s largely female, often minority and almost always underpaid, child-care workforce. As center director at Capitol...
What’s the business case for increased business investment in local early education programs? Bill Canary, Alabama businessman and chairman of Canary & Co., who has spent years at the intersection of business, public policy and education – including early education – explains.
The State of Oklahoma is on a mission to become a Top Ten state for all Oklahomans. When we presented this concept on the campaign trail in 2018, there was deep support around this opportunity. We know that we must focus on our children and families for us to reach this goal.
