Child care workers and teachers are critical workers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, families have faced many challenges – including child care access. We know that if we wanted to keep essential workers, teachers, law enforcement and many other essential employees and their services functioning, we needed to ensure access to child care.
Early on in the recently released documentary Through The Night, Deloris “Nunu” Hogan circles up the group of children under...
Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...
This week, Home Grown launched a new initiative—Leading From Home—focused on identifying and supporting provider leaders across the country. The...
Imagine you are building a car. You invest in a solid chassis, make sure the wheels are inflated, oil the...
“Families are maxed out,” says Myra Jones-Taylor. “Not just children, but their parents and the support networks they rely upon.”...
The United States has finally decided to invest serious resources in our children. It just took a pandemic for it...
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The massive inequality that characterizes children’s opportunity to learn and succeed in the U.S. is no secret. Children who have...
“Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone’s disbelief,” said August Wilson, playwright of the great “Pittsburgh Cycle.”...
The pandemic has upended entire industries, including the early childhood education (ECE) industry, which has suffered through permanent closures, high...
The American Rescue Plan signed by President Joe Biden on March 12 contains a number of potentially game-changing policies for...
On March 16, the National League of Cities (NLC) hosted a virtual fireside chat titled “State and Local Government Prenatal-to-Three Collaboration in Action.” The conversation focused on political leaders in Wisconsin, but the lessons were applicable beyond America’s Dairyland.