Women come of age steeped in conversations about reproduction. Different cultures interact with women’s bodily changes in various ways, but...
No, the quarantined home isn’t a foxhole, although parents and caretakers may sometimes feel it’s a battleground. We get it: with preschools and daycares closed for the foreseeable future, parents and caregivers are seeking engaging activities to keep the family sane and healthy. A great way to achieve both is by cooking together.
KinderCare Is Now Trading on the Stock Market. What Does That Mean for the Future of American Child Care?
KinderCare, which serves nearly 200,000 children across the country, recently hit the public market.
There was a major shift in the child care landscape in October, but you’d be forgiven for not noticing unless...
Did Eligible Families Miss Out on Federal Funds for Summer Groceries?
The first federal food assistance program in decades helps eligible families cover groceries in the summer, but many dollars may go unclaimed.
Updated on Nov. 26, 2024 This summer parents were supposed to have a bit more financial breathing room while their...
In Ohio, Phonics-Based Science Of Reading for Preschoolers
After mandating science of reading as the only approach in elementary schools, the state is offering pre-K teachers free training and bonuses.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has been pressing to use the phonics-based science of reading since early 2023, mandating the approach...
When the Pritzker Children’s Initiative (PCI) launched a first-of-its-kind Prenatal-to-Age Three State Grant Competition late last year, 42 of 45...
Mobilizing Communities So All Children Make the Grade
Pop Up Neighbor events, community, collaboration, mobilization
Even without advance promotion, when word got out that the SuperMatt Laundromat in Sarasota, Florida, was offering free laundry all day, neighborhood residents formed a steady stream of customers.
Not only was laundry-and-all-the-fixings free—a boon to low-income families who can ill afford the $35 to $50 a week they spend trying to keep their kids in clean clothes—the food bank was there with abundant food to restock their pantries.
Best of all, there were books—lots of books—and plenty of volunteers to read to children while the adults did as many loads of laundry as needed. When the children left, books went home with them.
Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...
As founder of the organization and its nonprofit offshoots Schoolhouse.world, Khan Lab School and Khan World School, he has built a planet-changing education powerhouse that touches millions.
The Lahaina Fires Illuminate Our Immense Unpreparedness of Weather-Related Disasters
Will They Force Us to Reckon with the Vulnerability of Our Youngest Children in a Warming World?
There were children in Lahaina as fires razed the historic town of 13,000 people on August 8. One survivor fled...
“Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone’s disbelief,” said August Wilson, playwright of the great “Pittsburgh Cycle.”...
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...
