Advocacy shifts into high gear during campaign season. While child care and early education will never have the lobbying firepower of industries like Big Pharma and utilities, the sector boasts a number of dynamic nonprofits dedicated to engaging candidates and voters on issues that matter for families with young children.
The United Nations has declared June 11 to be the first annual International Day of Play, calling it “a unifying...
I wrote last year about the strange schism between early child care and school-aged child care, and I don’t want to belabor the point other than to say parents of school-aged children represent a shockingly untapped care constituency. Instead, I want to talk about summer care, and summer camp specifically.
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.
Other Countries Have Social Safety Nets: The U.S. Has Women
Q+A with author Jessica Calarco on her new book, “Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net”
Jessica Calarco is onto something. There’s a reason why women in this country feel that so much pressure rests on...
Though it’s been decades since I’ve read it, I’m certain I could come out of a deep sleep and, if...
Unequal Access: The Failure of Special Education in Indian Country, Part 1
An ELN investigation has revealed a systemic breakdown
Candy Mink Springs, Okla.—Until Sequoyah Littledeer was almost four, he didn’t speak. As a non-verbal infant and toddler, his parents...
Elected leaders tend to shun compromise during campaign season, and these days it feels like we’re always in campaign season....
“I’m a reader!” These are magic words for Alvin Irby, a former teacher and the founder and executive director of...
The scene is familiar the world over: a parent speaks to their baby in that high, singsong voice we now...
I’ve had the privilege of working with Elliot Haspel and reading his work on child care since I began reporting...
Terri Simms has run her child care business, known as Playtime Nursery School, in Dayton, Ohio for over 27 years....