A lead crisis plaguing Newark, N.J., is the latest large-scale threat posed by lead in water, a health hazard that’s...
In 2015, only about one in seven children in families who were eligible under federal income rules received a subsidy....
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.”
Big Plans for Little Kids
Just Don’t Call It Shark Tank for Toddlers
Well before the rest of us started hunkering down and conducting most of our meetings via online video platforms, Promise...
For many children in India, getting to early education centers is impossible while their parents work long hours at often temporary jobs. So what if early education centers traveled to kids instead? Executive Director Sumitra Mishra describes how Mobile Creches has been doing just that for 50 years.
On Tuesday, September 19, Capita hosted a “virtual fireside chat” with Ro Khanna, (D.-Cal.) and Wendy Doyle, president and CEO of United WE. Elliot Haspel, Capita’s director, Climate and Young Children (and Early Learning Nation columnist) hosted the conversation.
KIPP’s Night Kindergarten in Newark: a Rare ‘Bright Spot’ in COVID’s Dark Days
The program is a unique example of a school that moved quickly to keep children from missing out on their first year of school.
This article was co-published with the New Jersey Monitor. Rachel Hodge worked as a housekeeper at a hospital and was...
Did Eligible Families Miss Out on Federal Funds for Summer Groceries?
The first federal food assistance program in decades helps eligible families cover groceries in the summer, but many dollars may go unclaimed.
Updated on Nov. 26, 2024 This summer parents were supposed to have a bit more financial breathing room while their...
What It Takes to Nurture “Little Leaders”: Reflections from a Family Care Provider in the Bronx
With Training and Tech Assistance from All Our Kin
Loving ice cream doesn’t qualify you to open an ice cream parlor. The same goes for child care. Entrepreneurs who...
Open Letter: Coalition Urges Trump to Prioritize Child Care and Early Learning
A group of 88 state and national organizations sent a letter to President Trump outlining priorities for our nation’s youngest children and their families.
Research has proven that the first five years of a child’s life are critical for healthy development, and we know...
Kid Food: The Challenge of Feeding Children in a Fast-Food World
A Conversation with Author Bettina Elias Siegel
What does $2 billion dollars pay for? The entire city budget of Oakland, CA. Ownership of the Philadelphia 76ers. Or,...
The Lahaina Fires Illuminate Our Immense Unpreparedness of Weather-Related Disasters
Will They Force Us to Reckon with the Vulnerability of Our Youngest Children in a Warming World?
There were children in Lahaina as fires razed the historic town of 13,000 people on August 8. One survivor fled...
