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...
Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...
The scene is familiar the world over: a parent speaks to their baby in that high, singsong voice we now...
Every year, air pollution-related causes kill more than half a million children before their fifth birthdays, and an even greater number are afflicted by lasting damage to their developing brains and lungs.
The Founding Fathers built competition among the states into our system of government. With 50-plus laboratories for democracy, we’re bound...
Angela Duckworth has no plans to write another book, so if you enjoyed Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance,...
For a community looking to address various social challenges, Vallejo, CA is starting with early childhood learning. As City Councilmember Pippin Dew says, programs such as the new First 5 Center not only help set children for future education success, but also helps families be the most productive they can be.
On July 18, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), Children’s Equity Project and Start Early cohosted the final part of their...
When University of Maryland Associate Professor Geetha Ramani and her colleagues visit early learning classrooms, they’re known as the “game people.” Ramani’s research shows not only the importance of teaching math skills, but also the effectiveness of what might seem like an obvious tactic: Make it fun.
Most U.S. schoolchildren know more about the Amazon rain forest than the ground beneath their feet and more about penguins...
If you’ve been following my work at all, you know I bristle at many “incremental” solutions to child care challenges.
What We Can Learn From Red States’ Approaches to Child Care Challenges
Which policies have earned cross-partisan support and could be a good fit for North Carolina’s early care and learning landscape?
Policymakers across the political spectrum ran for office on child care issues in 2024. From the presidential campaigns to local...
