As the fight for an effective and well-funded child care system continues, philanthropies are exploring innovative avenues to support advocacy...
Help! We are barreling toward the holiday season, and the brakes aren’t working. Know what I mean? The most wonderful...
Growing the Pipeline of Early Childhood Educators
Neighborhood Villages Apprenticeship Program Graduates First Cohort and Continues to Grow
Cassandra Antoine always knew she wanted to work with children. Her goal was to open her own child care center,...
Two decades of neuroscience research have irrefutably proven that the most profound period in a child’s life is the time...
Support for this project was provided by Better Life Lab at New America...
Though family and faith are at the core of traditional Latino culture, and strong support for education is a powerful...
Pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha’s Vision of “What We Can Do Next”
Ambitious Program Rx Kids Works to Eradicate Child Poverty in Flint, Mich., and Beyond
What if we let pediatricians run the world? Hear me out.
‘There Goes My Son’s Help:’ Wave of Washington Head Starts Shut Down as Chaos Engulfs Federal Program
After months of layoffs, funding freezes and uncertainty, Trump's new budget proposal calls for eliminating the anti-poverty early childhood program.
Editor’s note: This story originally published on The 74 on April 18, 2025. After the story published, the Washington state...
As mental-health professionals, pediatricians, parents and educators weigh how to address what is widely viewed as a mental health emergency...
The Trump administration has rejected a proposed ban on a pesticide used for generations that repeatedly has been linked with,...
‘Ten Birthday Cakes? We’ll Take Care of It’
Jazzy Sun Birthdays Connects Homeless Kids and Volunteers for Their Special Day
Volunteers with Jazzy Sun Birthdays are accustomed to a wide variety of requests for birthday themes from the children they...
For years, adults have been encouraged to get sufficient exercise to support their brain health. As it turns out, cardiovascular...
