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Elliot’s Provocations: 5 Early Learning Trends for 2024

Elliot Haspel·Dec 6, 2023·8 min read

Last year, I wrote a column on five trends to look for in 2023 (which I think in retrospect were mostly apt, though the answer to ‘is bipartisanship possible’ seems to have been ‘outlook not so good’), and thought it would be worthwhile to do it again as the calendar gets ready to turn.

Elliot’s Provocations: Five Early Learning Trends for 2023

Elliot Haspel·Jan 4, 2023·6 min read

Happy New Year! As 2023 kicks off, I wanted to highlight five early learning trends to be watching this year.

An Environmental Health Scientist’s Recipe for Giving the Next Generation a Safe Future

Mark Swartz·Feb 7, 2023·5 min read

Frederica Perera, founder of the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health, didn’t write Children’s Health and the Perils of Climate...

New Year’s Resolutions for the Early Learning Community

Elliot Haspel·Jan 4, 2022·7 min read

2021 was a momentous year for early childhood care & education. The field suffered blow after blow from COVID and then a knock-on staffing crisis; received nearly $50 billion in rescue funds to temporarily patch the gaping leaks; and is ending the year on the precipice of receiving enough public funds through the Build Back Better Act to finally become a stable and healthy sector.

New Study: Hot Days Impact Kids’ Activity Levels and Health

Preschoolers’ Health in the Face of Rising Outdoor Heat

K.C. Compton·Jun 15, 2023·6 min read

Given the impact of high outdoor temperatures on the health of small children, we might want to start thinking of...

Both Despairing and Inspiring, New Report Highlights the Connection Between Protecting Early Childhood and the Planet

Kendra Hurley·Dec 16, 2021·5 min read

There’s a truism among child-mindful urban planners: Children are an indicator species for cities. “Just as the presence of salmon...

Dr. Joan Lombardi: Empowering the Adults in Children’s Lives

The Editors·Nov 8, 2023·5 min read

Dr. Joan Lombardi has spent her career exploring early childhood learning from multiple perspectives: policy, public sector, private sector, university and more. Among her current efforts is leveraging unique survey data and insights to identify “material hardships” that parents face, and identifying new ways to empower communities to advance the developmental continuum and—in Dr. Lombardi’s words—“raise the barn” together.