Every city-dweller has lived or witnessed some version of it: the mom on a bus struggling to fold a stroller...
Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...
Welcome to the first edition of my new monthly column, “Elliot’s Provocations.” The goal of this column is to unpack...
Universal Child Care May be Coming to Vermont
Could Provide a Blueprint for Success in Other States
In a nation where patchwork child care infrastructure has been wrecked by 18 months of pandemic, the state of Vermont...
Where do you go for the top news in Early Learning at the state level? Check out “5 Questions for...
It all started with a spanakopita. Ellie Krieger was about eight years old, and her mother and aunt took her...
Last November, voters in Multnomah County, Ore., approved a measure to form a new universal preschool system. To pay for it, the county, which includes the city of Oregon, will collect a 1.5% tax on incomes of more than $125,000 per year and joint filings topping $250,000.
The red tote bags hold adventure and history. They hold laughter and struggle. They hold inspiration and understanding. Recently, the...
On August 31, Capita held a webinar called “The Rights of Children in America: Do We Need a Constitutional Amendment?” Provocative? You bet. Elliot Haspel—whose new monthly column, “Elliot’s Provocations,” just launched in Early Learning Nation—served as moderator for the conversation.
As kids head back to school—in person, hybrid or remote—a wistfulness for the missed opportunities of summer might be setting...
Child care workers are the backbone of the economy and a smart new campaign from the National Women’s Law Center...
Economists are famously bad at predicting the future. (There’s even an old joke: Why did God create economists? To make weather forecasters look good.) Nevertheless, thinking like an economist can help prepare us for what lies ahead for our children.
