The East Kentucky Dream Center empowers families stuck in the cycle of poverty. But what does that look like? “We...
What a Difference Extended-Hours Childcare Makes
17-Hour Childcare in Rochester Is a Gamechanger for Working Parents
When many daycare centers are closing shop for the day, Rosa Marie at Rochester’s Marvelous Mind Academy is just getting...
Happy New Year! As 2023 kicks off, I wanted to highlight five early learning trends to be watching this year.
On March 19, the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) hosted a discussion titled “Investing in the Future,” exploring the role...
7 Reasons to Be Encouraged about the Planet Our Children Are Inheriting
Finding Hope in the U.S. Early Years Climate Action Plan
While climate change is all around us, and the projections are uniformly grim, there have never been so many local,...
Whether parents can claim their infants as dependents on this year’s taxes—or must wait until next year—can have long-lasting impacts...
Last fall, I wrote about upEND, a new project focused on addressing structural inequities in the country’s child welfare system....
Homelessness Rates Spike for Families, Putting Even Young Children at Risk
Housing instability can affect children’s cognitive and emotional development and ultimately their academic success.
In early February, Tateona Williams suffered the unthinkable. Around 1 a.m. on a freezing cold Monday, she parked her van...
Just as Early Learning Nation showcases the ways families, researchers and grassroots nonprofits and organizations are building an early learning...
Elliot Haspel is clear about one thing regarding business and child care: he believes that on-site child care or business-supported...
New babies may be bundles of joy, but they also bring bundles of bills – and not every family is...
Girls Face Stereotypes about STEM Abilities as Early as 6, Study Finds
Beliefs that boys are better at computer science and engineering could have ‘downstream effects’ on girls entering tech fields, one researcher says
When she taught third grade in Houston, Summer Robinson invited a friend, a female mechanical engineer at Chevron, to visit...
