Unite/Disrupt/Transform with Child Care Aware of America
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Child Care Aware of America’s Symposium brings together individuals from across the country to discuss research, policy and practices related...
AI-Fueled Testing, From the Mouths of Babes
Voice-activated, AI-powered software promises to level the playing field, especially for pre-K students.
One of the hidden advantages of video games is that they offer automatic assessments: Winning one shows a user that...
Our Child Care Facilities Are in Crisis But There Are Solutions
Business, Nonprofits, Chambers of Commerce Build Coalitions
In the morning, as children dash into their preschools and home-based care sites, hanging coats and finding favorite toys or...
Elliot’s Provocations unpacks current events in the early learning world and explores how we can chart a path to a...
How do can the children’s individual identities evolve naturally and fully in the face of stereotypes that can often plague our communities and societies? As Julie Olsen Edwards, author ‘Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves’ explains, some of that help can come from teachers – and how they think about their curriculum.
When an international team of researchers surveyed humor development in children from 1 to 47 months, they asked parents to...
“Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone’s disbelief,” said August Wilson, playwright of the great “Pittsburgh Cycle.”...
Infants the World Over Can Spot a Lullaby—in Any Language
Researchers Are Hot on the Trail of Why
If someone were to ask what makes a lullaby a lullaby, you might stumble a bit trying to come up...
Children and the people who love them endured a lot in 2020 and 2021. This was one of the most trying times in human history, and NPR education correspondent Kamenetz eloquently and humanely depicts the panic that reigned in every household, office, court and classroom.
If Tiffany Gale got eight full hours of sleep a night, she’d never be able to get everything done. In...
Mind Field: One Topic, Six Experts
#1: Play
Our new series Mind Field explores a single topic through the lens of six top experts from the field, in 200 words. This month's topic? Play.
The Trump administration has rejected a proposed ban on a pesticide used for generations that repeatedly has been linked with,...
