In flipping the script, Banks writes that birth is immense, that birth has existential, moral and theological significance at least as great as death.
All Our Kin is an innovative national nonprofit leading the effort to transform the U.S. child care system. Launched 24...
A Day Trip to Philadelphia Shows What Playful Learning Is—and Isn’t
Part 1 of "Seasons of Play" Series
“Play is an activity enjoyed for its own sake,” writes Diane Ackerman in her 1999 book Deep Play. “It is...
Author and advocate Heather McGhee has said, “Everything we believe comes from a story we’ve been told.” Whether they come...
The Research-Backed Way to Keep Kids Safe
Anti-abortion lawmakers say they want to protect children. Here’s how.
Soon after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Twitter that his state would...
It’s hard enough to find child care in this country that is dependable and affordable when working a regular 9...
According to New America’s recent “Lost in the Labyrinth” report, “Families with the youngest children stand to gain the most...
Generation Hope: One Desperate Teen’s Story Grows into Hope for Hundreds
Collecting Data, Providing Services, Transforming Lives of Student Parents
Two little pink lines. Sometimes that’s all it takes to derail a person’s life and torpedo any plans they might...
Early Learning Nation magazine asked some of our favorite people, What’s one thing our readers can do to make the...
More than 700 Child Care Providers Shut Their Doors to Demand Better Pay
“Without Child Care, There’s No Workforce”
Lorretta Johnson has been running a child care out of her home in Austin, Texas since 1999, caring mostly for...
As we logged onto this webinar, we were greeted by the sights and sounds of Frank Waln’s “My Stone.” All...
If you’ve been following my work for the past year, you know I am deeply concerned about how unprepared our child- and family-serving systems are for this new reality. I’m not the only one. A new report puts a fine point on why early care & education stakeholders need to have a climate strategy, and why public officials need to have ECE in their climate strategy: a staggering number of child care programs are under threat.
