Considering how often we say we care about children in the U.S., one might assume we’d be able to point...
Vermont Makes Child Care History with a Bipartisan Veto Override
Success Credited to a Decade of Advocacy, Lobbying Efforts, Coalition Building
On Tuesday, June 20, Vermont’s state legislature met in a special legislative session to consider a bipartisan veto override of...
Since the early weeks of the pandemic, advocates and policymakers have relied on RAPID’s survey results for up-to-the-minute snapshots of...
Pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha’s Vision of “What We Can Do Next”
Ambitious Program Rx Kids Works to Eradicate Child Poverty in Flint, Mich., and Beyond
What if we let pediatricians run the world? Hear me out.
On May 23, Abt Associates hosted a learning session to share strategies for raising compensation for the child care workforce, using initiatives in Washington, D.C., and Connecticut as case studies.
Nearly Half of American Families Struggle to Afford Diapers
Diaper Need Increases Dramatically as Pandemic-Era Programs End and Inflation Rises
Jasmine Smith couldn’t have guessed the cascading effect her three-year-old daughter’s broken arm would have on their lives. The older...
On June 6, the Campaign for Grade Level Reading and Early Learning Nation magazine teamed for a webinar called “Following the Science: Bilingualism as an Asset Supporting Early Brain Development.”
Will Biden’s First Term Have a Lasting Impact on the Child Care Sector?
New Annual Budget Devotes $600 Billion Over 10 Years to Child Care and Early Childhood Education
The race to elect the next president hasn’t officially started, but soon President Joe Biden will turn toward defending his...
This is the way Liz Ogbu describes herself as a child: “I was the weird one in my family who drew.” But she didn’t become an artist.
If caregiving is labor, if caregiving supports child development, if caregiving boosts the economy, if caregiving enables family flourishing, then how can we say only institutional programs belong within child care policy?
Inspiring Educators with No Borders Between Play and Learning at the Center for Playful Inquiry
Part 6 in “Seasons of Play” Series
If you’ve been following along, you’ll have found two common threads running through our Seasons of Play series: (1) play...
Although we’re back to attending in-person events with our Early Learning Nation Studio, we’ll continue to recap top virtual conversations,...














