In a 2016 Atlantic feature, Alana Semuels calls Fairfield County, Conn., the epicenter of American inequality. “Bridgeport,” she writes, “an...
Last year, I wrote a column on five trends to look for in 2023 (which I think in retrospect were mostly apt, though the answer to ‘is bipartisanship possible’ seems to have been ‘outlook not so good’), and thought it would be worthwhile to do it again as the calendar gets ready to turn.
New babies may be bundles of joy, but they also bring bundles of bills – and not every family is...
Home-based child care is a fact of life in the U.S. On any given day, millions of children spend their...
In the 1970s, New York Times delivery trucks didn’t go to neighborhoods like Majora Carter’s.
When Early Learning Nation came across a study titled “Altruistic Food Sharing Behavior by Human Infants after a Hunger Manipulation,”...
Daniel Mendoza makes his own paintbrushes. It may have started out as a way to save money, but it also...
Philanthropic Partnership Aims to Expand Access to High-Quality Child Care
The Investing in America Child Care Partnership has raised $9.6 million to increase child care supply and improve the quality of care.
What do semiconductors have in common with child care? An AI query (made possible, of course, by a semiconductor or...
Does preschool help children become more successful adults? In a recent piece in The Wall Street Journal, Dr. Alison Gopnik (coauthor of The Scientist in the Crib, among other books) writes,
The last time Early Learning Nation magazine sat down with researcher Dr. Chrishana Lloyd of Child Trends, she had just...
Shared Values, Different Stories
Logan Smalley’s Vision for Building Community
Like a lot of kids, Logan Smalley liked to take his toys apart and then try (the operative word is...
The Indigenous Early Learning Collaborative’s Change Mentality
Bridging Research and Practice with First Light Education Project Founder Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz
At the Brazelton Touchpoints Center (BTC) National Forum next week, Dr. Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz will receive the T. Berry Brazelton Award....
