The State of Oklahoma is on a mission to become a Top Ten state for all Oklahomans. When we presented this concept on the campaign trail in 2018, there was deep support around this opportunity. We know that we must focus on our children and families for us to reach this goal.
The Research-Backed Way to Keep Kids Safe
Anti-abortion lawmakers say they want to protect children. Here’s how.
Soon after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Twitter that his state would...
“Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone’s disbelief,” said August Wilson, playwright of the great “Pittsburgh Cycle.”...
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...
Over the organization’s 30 years, Reach Out and Read (ROR) has become known for giving out books in pediatricians’ offices,...
Building successful early learning programs is hard. Figuring out how to do it in some of the hardest to reach corners of the globe? That’s a case for Cynthia McCaffrey, director of UNICEF’s Office of Innovation.
According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, 3% of U.S. children are in kinship care. This could be an aunt...
In the midst of my search for a new child care provider for my one-year-old, I’ve braced myself for the...
The early child care education workforce was strained even before the pandemic. Poor pay and benefits not only hurt recruitment...
Sharing the Findings from Better Life Lab: Improving Child Care Assistance and Investment
Part 4 of a 5-Part Series
Our country is in a child care crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic, which has shown how difficult it is for...
This article originally appeared at EdSurge. Tiaja Gundy was just 19 years old when she started working at Federal Hill...
Q&A: Why the U.S. Is ‘Catastrophically Wrong’ to Separate Early Child Care from Education
In new book, child development expert Dan Wuori dismantles notion of early child care as a form of 'industrialized' babysitting.
In Dan Wuori’s upcoming book he argues that America’s early childhood policy has been premised on a harmful myth: “This...