I’ve had the privilege of working with Elliot Haspel and reading his work on child care since I began reporting...
This magazine uses the word crisis a lot. We’ve reported again and again that early childhood education in America is...
As Schools Shrink, D.C.’s Public Pre-K Shows Lasting Enrollment Benefits
Conor Williams, whose three children went through the program, calls out the new research and other strengths, including allowing families to grow.
Whenever a new presidential administration arrives in D.C., it’s natural that they promise dramatic policy changes. It’s normal that the...
The Power of Early Relationships
A Q&A with Isabelle Hau about her new book, “Love to Learn: The Transformative Power of Care and Connection in Early Education.”
Our country is in the midst of a loneliness epidemic, and Isabelle Hau, director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning,...
The laws of supply and demand have never quite applied to child care, and no state exemplifies this conundrum as...
A key part of youth advocacy is making sure the adults in the room are listening and taking action. Avinash Verma explains how youths connect with their communities differently than adults, and what that means in terms of needed resources and support. Avinash also explains how his community engagement has helped fuel is interest in aviation, including a work-learning program at the airport and with NASA.
On February 28, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce held a summit for early education advocates and professionals, highlighting the work...
“His name is Spencer,” declared the kindergartner proudly holding out her hand. “Spencer the Slug.” Other students jostled for a...
5 Takeaways from Jack Shonkoff’s EdRedesign Keynote
Welcome to Our New Column Covering Live Events
On May 19, Dr. Jack P. Shonkoff delivered the Education Redesign Lab (EdRedesign) spring keynote address via YouTube. Among his many distinctions, Dr. Shonkoff—Director of Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child and Professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard Graduate School of Education—was awarded the 2019 LEGO Prize for revolutionizing the field of early child development. Here are our notes from his remarks.
As the debate rages over proposals to improve U.S. child care, several commentators— mostly self-described conservatives—have pointed to Quebec’s child...
Most U.S. schoolchildren know more about the Amazon rain forest than the ground beneath their feet and more about penguins...
While we see the tyranny of merit most active in K-12 and higher education, school readiness is the Trojan horse through which it has breached the world of early childhood.
