Dolly Parton sticks a lot of books in the mail. To be clear, the music legend, business executive and philanthropist...
Amid major union actions in the auto and entertainment industries and a historic looming strike by health care workers, I want to talk about the role of unions in child care.
A graphic story on the child care cliff and end of ARPA funding for child care
The possibilities are unlimited for the children of single mothers. Just ask President Barack Obama. Vice President Kamala Harris. Ford Foundation president Darren Walker. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Entrepreneur and Pittsburgh Steelers owner Thomas Tull. Comedians like Jon Stewart and Eddie Murphy, performers like Jay-Z and Mariah Carey, athletes like LeBron James, Hope Solo and Alex Rodriguez.
Building Equity by Building Playgrounds (and More)
Part 7 in “Seasons of Play” Series
Too many communities of color lack access to the spaces and facilities needed for quality play. And even if those spaces do exist nearby, children won’t play there if they don’t feel safe, welcome, included and comfortable. “Playspace Inequity” is the term that the national nonprofit KaBOOM! has given this phenomenon, and the 25 in 5 Initiative is how the organization aims to solve it in five years.
A Top Priority for Generation Z? Child Care
New Survey Shows Generation Z Values Child Care as a Leading Workplace Benefit
Kelly Choi crunched the numbers on child care, and the results didn’t look good. Like the majority (66 percent) of...
The history of racism in the United States and its ongoing impacts on children and families experiencing state-sponsored displacement are on full display in this collection edited by Dettlaff.
OPINION: Federal Programs and Data Demonstrate the Value of Relative and Neighbor Child Care Providers
It's Time for Federal Policy to Do the Same
Family, friend and neighbor child care (FFN)—child care that is offered informally in families and communities by trusted family members...
How Can We Make This School Year the Most Playful in History?
Educators and Experts Weigh In
It’s “back to school” time, whether the children in your life are going back to an actual school or to...
Inspiring Educators with No Borders Between Play and Learning at the Center for Playful Inquiry
Part 6 in “Seasons of Play” Series
If you’ve been following along, you’ll have found two common threads running through our Seasons of Play series: (1) play...
If caregiving is labor, if caregiving supports child development, if caregiving boosts the economy, if caregiving enables family flourishing, then how can we say only institutional programs belong within child care policy?
The Lahaina Fires Illuminate Our Immense Unpreparedness of Weather-Related Disasters
Will They Force Us to Reckon with the Vulnerability of Our Youngest Children in a Warming World?
There were children in Lahaina as fires razed the historic town of 13,000 people on August 8. One survivor fled...
