Sometimes the barriers that keep a pregnant person from seeking prenatal care and all the benefits that accrue to mother...
Tools of the Mind combines a curriculum for children ages 3-6 and a professional development program. Dr. Deborah Leong cofounded...
Early Education Is the Most Segregated Learning Space
How Researchers Casey Stockstill and Halley Potter Hope to Change That
It’s been 70 years since the Supreme Court’s pivotal Brown vs. Board of Education ruling that racially segregated schools are...
Some experts say that when it comes specifically to teaching consent, sex education for young children can be done without being explicit, and it can help kids learn about boundaries and empathy when it comes to their own bodies and the bodies of other people.
On Tomorrow’s Ballot, New Mexico Votes on Funding Universal Child Care
Q and A with a New Mexico Child Care Policy Expert
New Mexico made national headlines in the spring of 2022 when Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham waived child care subsidy copays...
My paternity leaves were some of the most cherished weeks of my life. While far too short, I have crystal-clear...
“Gold Standard” Study Finds High-Quality Care Is Important in Infancy
Study Finds the Benefits Last Well Into Elementary School
By now the benefits of high-quality preschool are widely accepted. But there are still open questions about its impact: Is...
Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...
RAPID Celebrates 5 Years of Surveys
What makes RAPID surveys unique is the priority of disseminating results quickly in a format that is accessible and usable.
When the RAPID Survey Project began in April 2020, everyone involved thought it would be a short-lived, ad hoc undertaking...
New Brief Recommends Extending Tax Breaks to Early Childhood Educators
The IRS currently excludes early educators from a federal tax deduction offered to K-12 teachers who spend their own money on school supplies.
Every year, in December and in May, Susan Morice prepares a special project for her preschool class. “I do it...
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.
Those of us who watched too much TV in the 1970s probably remember commercials extolling long-distance phone calls as The...
