As parents, educators and policymakers wrestle with the reality that a large and growing percentage of U.S. children are obese...
Staying Engaged In Uncertain Times
Amid the evolving policy environment, Start Early’s Yvette Sanchez Fuentes says early care and education advocates can build on bipartisan support.
Amid the evolving policy environment in Washington, early care and education advocates are weighing how best to preserve successful programs...
On May 16, the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine hosted a webinar to coincide with the publication of Closing the Opportunity Gap for Young Children, a consensus report that examines gaps that prevent children from having equitable access to resources and experiences.
It will take a long time for us to fully unpack the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Research has...
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,
In 1999, University of North Carolina sophomore Rye Barcott was sitting in Swahili class when a recent alumnus, just back...
“Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone’s disbelief,” said August Wilson, playwright of the great “Pittsburgh Cycle.”...
This magazine uses the word crisis a lot. We’ve reported again and again that early childhood education in America is...
Crying is Easy; Laughing is Hard
The Science and Wonder Behind a Baby’s Laugh
The game of peekaboo is a universal language—and there’s way more to it than you might imagine. You know the...
How are cities and towns grappling with a host of urgent challenges? According to Tonja Rucker of the National League of Cities, mayors and city leaders are testing cutting-edge strategies and developing bold solutions that place children at the center of every decision.
Universal child care is getting a turn in the spotlight. President Joe Biden has proposed universal preschool for all American...
Last fall, I wrote about upEND, a new project focused on addressing structural inequities in the country’s child welfare system....
