States are taking early childhood education seriously. A recent report from the Alliance for Early Success documents the progress. (See...
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.
Clear the Dance Floor: Baby Steps Happening Here
Recent Study Explores Factors that Influence Development of Walking Skill
Whoever decided to use baby steps as a metaphor for timid, tenuous beginnings had it all wrong. Baby steps are...
Marti Beard is a fifth-generation rancher in addition to being vice president of Early Childhood Programs of Nebraska Children and...
Experts and officials often talk about “child care deserts” to describe regions without enough formal child care, but Maki Park...
During the pandemic, life expectancy has trended down. Equally troubling, and far less discussed, is a recent decline in average...
What do you do when the world is turned upside-down? Once you stop panicking, you listen. That’s the core value...
It’s long been clear that children who grow up in poverty struggle later in their lives, experiencing everything from increased...
Guilford, the third largest county in North Carolina, was the site of the 1960 Woolworth counter sit-in that helped spread...
When Jack Shonkoff speaks, the early childhood field listens. Shonkoff, a pediatrician who leads Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child,...
Book Review: Reclaiming Your Community: You Don’t Have to Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One
Majora Carter’s Community Manifesto Starts with Real Estate
Gentrification is a subject that has launched a million listserv arguments. It often starts with complaints from longtime residents of...
In the 1970s, New York Times delivery trucks didn’t go to neighborhoods like Majora Carter’s.
