If you were to ask a group of Latinx dads if they speak in any special way to their babies,...
On March 16, the National League of Cities (NLC) hosted a virtual fireside chat titled “State and Local Government Prenatal-to-Three Collaboration in Action.” The conversation focused on political leaders in Wisconsin, but the lessons were applicable beyond America’s Dairyland.
In each year from 2016 through 2018, more than 2 million parents of children age 5 and younger suffered “job...
In 2016, when Philadelphia became the first big U.S. city to tax sugary beverages, many expected other others to follow....
“Our health system is failing women” are the unequivocal opening words of a report issued this past spring by Early...
The scene is familiar the world over: a parent speaks to their baby in that high, singsong voice we now...
“What do you do for child care when your kids are on break from school?” I asked a new acquaintance...
How COVID Shaped Child Care and Early Learning
The pandemic temporarily devastated American child care. Five years later, a number of effects have rebounded, but experts say challenges persist.
In March 2020, when states and cities ordered widespread school closures in hopes of curbing the spread of COVID-19, many...
The Marshmallow Test has sparked debate and inspired replication for more than 40 years. Is it a true measurement of executive function skills and therefore predictive of life success for all children or not so for less advantaged children?
Some States Have Avoided the Child Care Cliff
By Keeping Investment Going, About a Dozen States Have Kept Providers Open and Tuition Increases Down.
The federal American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law in early 2022, sent the child care sector the single largest...
Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...
Early Education Is the Most Segregated Learning Space
How Researchers Casey Stockstill and Halley Potter Hope to Change That
It’s been 70 years since the Supreme Court’s pivotal Brown vs. Board of Education ruling that racially segregated schools are...
