As part of what’s called “cradle to career,” Arlington (TX), like many communities, is working to ensure its approach to learning leads to a well-educated workforce. As Mayor Pro Tem Victoria Farrar-Myers explains, that discipline starts with early learning, as young as zero to three, and the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation.
Just as Early Learning Nation showcases the ways families, researchers and grassroots nonprofits and organizations are building an early learning...
The Rapid Assessment of Pandemic Impact on Development, or RAPID project, gathers essential information on unmet needs and health-promoting behaviors for...
April Fournier is not just a Portland (ME) Councilmember, she’s also an early childhood support specialist within an outpatient pediatric clinic. After the child’s medical health visit, Fournier checks in with the parents to provide support on the “social determinants of health”: housing, food and other areas critical to a child’s development.
Rachael Katz (MS Ed.) and Helen Shwe Hadani (Ph.D.) are excellent companions for mothers, fathers and caregivers of young children. Their views on parenting derive from their own families, as well as extensive reading into the science of brain development.
Soon after the city of Las Vegas made a substantial investment in early learning with its Strong Start Academies Pre-K...
Imagine you are building a car. You invest in a solid chassis, make sure the wheels are inflated, oil the...
Long a Stranger to the Spotlight, Child Tax Credit Earns Embrace of Both Parties
Proposals to expand the benefit are coming from every corner as the election — as well as a harsh 2025 deadline — looms
This article was produced in partnership with The 74. The Child Tax Credit isn’t a subject you’d expect to receive...
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a catastrophe that helped reveal some of the deepest fissures in the isolated nuclear family,...
What does it take to build 24-hour childcare? It starts with a promise. It continues with commitment. And to listen to Rosa Marie, President of Marvelous Minds Academy, there’s only one way it can end: With doors opening to serve families who need it.
Investing in New Systems for Paying Educators What They Need and Deserve
New Grant Opportunity Deadline May 1, 2023
For U.S. children to realize their potential, the professionals who care and educate them need the training, respect and compensation...
When the Pritzker Children’s Initiative (PCI) launched a first-of-its-kind Prenatal-to-Age Three State Grant Competition late last year, 42 of 45...
