Did April showers bring you May flowers? There’s certainly a ton of work springing to life around early learning communities,...
On Election Day, voters in St. Louis, Missouri, didn’t just overwhelmingly vote for Joe Biden to be president, bucking the...
In reviewing the extensive body of research on children’s language development, you might find yourself looking around for some fathers....
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Oregon is aiming to improve child care across the state—expanding access, boosting quality and building more sustainability into the system....
Pilot Program Insulates Home-Based Child Care Providers from Income Volatility
The Thriving Providers Project, backed by philanthropic dollars, deposits $500 per month into the bank accounts of participating child care providers.
Carmen Reaves has worked in child care for 25 years. Parents drop their children off at her home in the...
If education is so central to American success, why – as a country – don’t we invest more in the ones doing the educating? Sue Russell is Executive Director of the
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood National Center, which, among other efforts, provides comprehensive scholarships to the incumbent early childhood workforce – a program that has delivered more than $540MM in grants to some 165,000 educators.
The Zaentz Early Education Initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) emphasizes research that drives policy and practice,...
2 Out Of 5 Child Care Teachers Make So Little They Need Public Assistance to Support Their Families
Wages for child care employees are lower than for animal caretakers and bellhops. In America, child care teachers earn a median wage of $13.07 an hour.
This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet focused on education. Caring for children during their first...
The 92-year-old artist Duane Michals might not seem like an obvious figure to feature in a magazine about early learning. However, his understanding of the world and the many-splendored nature of his work from the past 60 years or more should inspire anyone attempting to see the world through the eyes of a child.
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With 95 percent of all children living in “the majority world in developing countries” – but with only 5 percent of the early learning research coming from these locations – Aleem Walji, CEO of Aga Khan Foundation USA, is focused on bringing knowledge on what it takes to develop a child’s brain to parents, policymakers, teachers, doctors, nurses and front-line caregivers around the world.
