Author’s Note: This moment, when the world has stopped spinning on its axis, presents an important opportunity to re-examine our...
Celebrating the Holidays Together, Apart
Cooking with Kids, Interviews, Recipes!
A warm bite of pumpkin pie. Crisp potato latkes. Steam rising from a savory tamal. The tastes and aromas of...
Cal Newport Thinks We Can Work Better – But Where Does Caregiving Fit In?
Q+A with Bestselling Author on How and Why Care and Work Intersect
Work and caregiving seem to exist as a yin and yang on our lives: the pull of one exerts influence...
Where Should Women Channel Their Ambition?
Samhita Mukhopadhyay on The Myth of Making It in a World Set Up For Women to Fail
Four years since the COVID-19 pandemic shook U.S. workplaces and its child care systems, parents continue to engage in vital...
The new Stanford Center on Early Childhood (an initiative of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning) held a launch event November 3. Here are our Top Takeaways.
In 1999, University of North Carolina sophomore Rye Barcott was sitting in Swahili class when a recent alumnus, just back...
CT, NH Mandate Play-Based Learning in Schools. Why All States Should Do the Same
Wagner: Young kids learn through play. Requiring it provides an education that is enriching and rigorous and sets the foundation for future success
If you were to shadow a family child care educator for a day, you might join a group of young...
The East Kentucky Dream Center empowers families stuck in the cycle of poverty. But what does that look like? “We...
5 Top Takeaways from the Webinar “A Path for Every State”
A New Document Points the Way for Effective Policy
Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...
Want to fight poverty? Robin Hood CEO Wes Moore – bestselling author, Army combat veteran, social entrepreneur – explains why improving education is an excellent place to start. Filmed for Early Learning Nation’s Mobile Studio at the Society for Research in Child Development’s biennial meeting in Baltimore, MD, on March 22, 2019. #SRCD19
Analysis: Public School Pre-K Teachers Are Professionals, But Aren’t Treated That Way
From pay to professional development to coordination with colleagues in higher grades, schools have a long way to go, study finds
States are investing in expanding their pre-K programs. More than 1.5 million children were enrolled in a state-funded pre-K in...
A New Documentary Makes a Powerful Case for Early Education
The film “Make a Circle” aims to raise awareness about the child care crisis and to advocate for investment in high quality child care.
Updated March 4, 2025 A startling statistic scrolls across the screen: “25 million parents in the United States rely on...
