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The Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act: The Boldest Plan On Offer Is Quietly Received (3-Part Series, Part 2)

Series: Which Path Forward?: Analyzing the Flurry of Federal Child Care Proposals

Elliot Haspel·May 25, 2021·6 min read

Sen. Elizabeth Warren was in many ways the match that lit the current child care moment. Before the world had... Read More

A Marriage of True Minds: Start Early and the Early Learning Lab

Elliot Haspel·May 19, 2021·3 min read

Businesses merge all the time. Nonprofit mergers rarely occur, but experts have long pointed to the potential advantages of joining... Read More

Promising Practices in Alabama Using a Shared Leadership Model for Early Learning Coaching

Elliot Haspel·May 13, 2021·8 min read

In September 2018, Tara Skiles sent an email to Judy Jablon at Leading for Children (LFC) that read: “We are... Read More

Mind Field: One Topic, Six Experts

#3: Literacy

Elliot Haspel·May 11, 2021·10 min read

Early Learning Nation explores the world of early learning by connecting with advocates, community leaders, early learning professionals, parents and... Read More

What Do American Mothers Deserve This Mother’s Day?

Elliot Haspel·May 7, 2021·6 min read

When The New York Times declared, “America’s Mothers Are in Crisis” in February, it was hardly news to America’s mothers.... Read More

Universal, Public Preschool Found to Help Students Long After They Graduate

Proof that Investing in Universal Preschool Can Pay Off

Elliot Haspel·May 21, 2021·5 min read

Is universal, public preschool good for children? Is it worth spending billions of dollars on, or will that money be... Read More

BOOK REVIEW: Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and Ending U.S. Poverty

An Indictment of U.S. Policy and Clarion Call to Fix It

Elliot Haspel·May 18, 2021·5 min read

Thanks to U.S. public policy going back decades, nearly 40 million people in this country live below the poverty line... Read More

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The Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act: The Boldest Plan On Offer Is Quietly Received (3-Part Series, Part 2)

A Marriage of True Minds: Start Early and the Early Learning Lab

Promising Practices in Alabama Using a Shared Leadership Model for Early Learning Coaching

Mind Field: One Topic, Six Experts

What Do American Mothers Deserve This Mother’s Day?

Universal, Public Preschool Found to Help Students Long After They Graduate

BOOK REVIEW: Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and Ending U.S. Poverty

4 Top Takeaways from the Conversation: Early Learning in Virginia: Loss and Opportunity

The United States Used to Have Universal Child Care–Will We Do It Again?

Gardening with Kids: Get Those Little Hands in the Dirt and Embrace All the Senses

5 Questions for the Governor: Hawai’I’s David Ige

Oskar Eustis: Welcoming America Onstage

Fred Rogers: Seeker of Truth

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