Most U.S. schoolchildren know more about the Amazon rain forest than the ground beneath their feet and more about penguins...
When University of Maryland Associate Professor Geetha Ramani and her colleagues visit early learning classrooms, they’re known as the “game people.” Ramani’s research shows not only the importance of teaching math skills, but also the effectiveness of what might seem like an obvious tactic: Make it fun.
We have a great public library in Takoma Park, Md., but ever since the first Little Free Libraries started popping...
How Early Relationships Fuel Brain Development and Learning
Hau and Kang: Investing in early relationships is not just an act of kindness; it is a societal imperative that builds our future relational economy.
Among the most profound expressions of love are the relationships that shape a child’s earliest years. Just as love between...
Early Learning Nation’s community of experts, advocates, leaders and readers continues to grow. As much as we’d like to, we...
As part of New America’s Better Life Lab, Brigid Schulte helped drive a landmark report that exposed what’s really happening in America’s child care system – namely, it’s not a system. Instead, “it's a patchwork, it's broken, and it's not working well for anyone.” Schulte calls for us to “begin thinking about early care and education the same way we do about K-12.”
Recently, the anthropologist James Peacock III told me about the night in 1964 when his newborn daughter Louly had swallowed...
The pandemic has upended entire industries, including the early childhood education (ECE) industry, which has suffered through permanent closures, high...
Big Ten Early Learning Alliance Shines a Light on Early Childhood Data Solutions
A new coalition of early childhood research experts are collaborating to disseminate solutions to the field — starting with a focus on data.
“Isn’t it kind of crazy that we are still asking the same questions that we asked 15 years ago?” marvels...
Dr. Raquel Martin, a licensed clinical psychologist, professor and scientist, describes how black mental wealth encompasses mental health and well-being “because mental health and physical health and the way individuals are treated in society are all linked.” And shares how we all can start to address the challenge by first seeing “children as children.”
What We Can Learn From Red States’ Approaches to Child Care Challenges
Which policies have earned cross-partisan support and could be a good fit for North Carolina’s early care and learning landscape?
Policymakers across the political spectrum ran for office on child care issues in 2024. From the presidential campaigns to local...
After signing a $1.9 trillion relief bill into law, President Joe Biden is taking on his next big policy priority:...
