Welcome to the first edition of my new monthly column, “Elliot’s Provocations.” The goal of this column is to unpack...
The red tote bags hold adventure and history. They hold laughter and struggle. They hold inspiration and understanding. Recently, the...
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...
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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.
Child care workers are the backbone of the economy and a smart new campaign from the National Women’s Law Center...
As part of what’s called “cradle to career,” Arlington (TX), like many communities, is working to ensure its approach to learning leads to a well-educated workforce. As Mayor Pro Tem Victoria Farrar-Myers explains, that discipline starts with early learning, as young as zero to three, and the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation.
Willie Lightfoot is a Rochester (NY) City Councilmember. He’s also a longtime barber. And it’s in both roles that he has made an impact on early learning. As Lightfoot explains, the time when a child waits for a haircut makes for an outstanding opportunity to read. It’s just one of the lessons one can take from Lightfoot’s chair, including his common reminder to be positive.
Like many urban centers, Baltimore has seen its share of violence. And incarceration. That’s just one reason why City Councilmember Zeke Cohen feels that the way to help people build strong lives begins not when they’re adults, but as children. As Cohen says, “We either invest early on where we know every dollar we spend in the high quality early learning space pays huge dividends down the road or we pay for it on the back end.”
What if, as a counterpart to public school districts for children five and under, we had “early childhood districts” adapted...
Just as Early Learning Nation showcases the ways families, researchers and grassroots nonprofits and organizations are building an early learning...
