The Zaentz Early Education Initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) emphasizes research that drives policy and practice,...
More Bad News for Child Care: The Importance of Not Looking Away
Our Broken Child Care System and How to Fix It, Part 2
In this three-part series, Dr. Laura Justice—executive director of the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy at The...
On Thursday, June 18, Common Sense Media and the Commonwealth Club hosted a conversation titled “Parenting in Support of Black Lives: How to Build a Just Future for Kids (and How Media Can Help).”
Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith, a clinician, consultant and trainer, moderated the conversation, with Julie Lythcott-Haims (How to Raise an Adult) and Ibram X. Kendi (How to Be an Antiracist) weighing in on a range of urgent issues for parents and, really, anyone concerned about the state of our union.
Here are five takeaways from the event, which is available for viewing.
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.
This is the way Liz Ogbu describes herself as a child: “I was the weird one in my family who drew.” But she didn’t become an artist.
As Fremont (CA) Mayor Lily Mei notes, for four of the past five years, Fremont has been listed as the happiest city in the U.S. The city also boasts incredible diversity, drawing families across multiple backgrounds and a range of languages. One area where that diversity pays off is in education. With some 35,000 kids and 42 schools, Fremont has focused on building new early learning centers, high-ranking schools and equitable access, including with special-needs pre-K programs.
A lead crisis plaguing Newark, N.J., is the latest large-scale threat posed by lead in water, a health hazard that’s...
The statistics on maternal mortality rates in the United States are, to put it bluntly, appalling. The U.S. has the...
Unleashing the Potential of Young Dual Language Learners
Building Bilingualism into the Golden State’s Early Education
When it comes to supporting brain development and language skills, California’s policies matter not just for the nearly 60% of...
Sharing the Findings from Better Life Lab: Improving Child Care Assistance and Investment
Part 4 of a 5-Part Series
Our country is in a child care crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic, which has shown how difficult it is for...
Child care has traditionally been a politically quiet sector. I don’t mean there hasn’t been resolute advocacy, but that has largely (though certainly not entirely) happened behind the scenes -- at least in the U.S. there isn’t a long history of major public actions such as protests and strikes.
Dr. Alicia Lieberman was on a telemedicine call with a mother and her four-year-old son. The boy was continually and...