It looks like just another ordinary day at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM). A dozen mothers and about 30...
A decade ago, early childhood advocacy could be a lonely pursuit. “It felt like we were talking to an empty auditorium,” says Bruce D. Perry, MD, Ph.D. “Now there are more people in the auditorium. They’re recognizing the power of early childhood, the importance of creating policy and practice that will benefit children and that will meet the needs of the adults who are caring for young children.”
Frederica Perera, founder of the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health, didn’t write Children’s Health and the Perils of Climate...
Every year, air pollution-related causes kill more than half a million children before their fifth birthdays, and an even greater number are afflicted by lasting damage to their developing brains and lungs.
Elliot’s Provocations unpacks current events in the early learning world and explores how we can chart a path to a...
Bilingualism means more than the ability to speak two languages. Robert Stechuk, UnidosUS’s director of early childhood education programs, maintains...
How Child Care in Oregon is Saving the Construction Trade
Statewide apprenticeship program with generous child care subsidies also trains and recruits workers
There has been a construction boom in Oregon. Demand in the trade continues to rise yet 90 percent of construction...
When workers leave an industry in droves because the pay is better at fast-food chains or because they can’t take...
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Oregon is aiming to improve child care across the state—expanding access, boosting quality and building more sustainability into the system....
The laws of supply and demand have never quite applied to child care, and no state exemplifies this conundrum as...
Every time Emmy Thibodeaux drops off or picks up her two-year-old son at child care, there’s a situation being managed,...
