“What do you do for child care when your kids are on break from school?” I asked a new acquaintance...
Faisa Farole is the first Black midwife to own and operate a freestanding birth center in the state of Washington....
Uché Blackstock didn’t plan to become a radical physician, but the pain and death she witnessed at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn radicalized her.
High-quality early education leads to lifelong success for children and their communities, and it cannot happen without professionals cultivating and...
D’Arcy Goldman, incoming chair of EMPath’s board of directors, says, “Kim's dedication and experience serving the Boston community is well documented, but what may be lesser known is her incredible ability as a leader to bring different groups and perspectives together to get things done.”
In Texas, A Break for Child Care Providers Via Property Taxes
Instead of Direct Payments to Providers, a Ballot Referendum in Texas Offers a Property Tax Break
For Alejandra Gardner, it wasn’t until she began receiving funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that her child...
All babies need attention and stimulation. What may be surprising is how little actual instruction they need. Given that the...
ParentCorps Builds Relationships from the Ground Up
“You’re the Expert on Your Child”
If hearts and minds don’t change, neither will the social structures holding us back. But what’s the best way to...
Two pieces of news over the past few weeks are causing me to update my prediction and become far more concerned about the coming years.
When the Council for Professional Recognition issued its millionth Child Development Associate (CDA) credential in September 2023, it was cause...
7 Reasons to Be Encouraged about the Planet Our Children Are Inheriting
Finding Hope in the U.S. Early Years Climate Action Plan
While climate change is all around us, and the projections are uniformly grim, there have never been so many local,...
Quality Journalism Needed to Shift Attitudes on Child Care
Takeaways from the Better Life Lab Child Care Innovation Reporting Grants
It began with Build Back Better. Well, truthfully, it has been a decades-long push for many advocacy organizations to put...
