Flipping the Script on Universal Child Care
Child care is an essential need for families, not a handout.
Consider two neighboring towns, Potato and Potahto. Both have collected $1,000 in taxes and their goal is to ensure that...
How Intergenerational Day Centers Benefit Children, Families, Seniors and Providers
Kindness Creators, a child care program housed in a senior facility in Illinois, builds empathy, fosters community and combats social isolation.
Jaime Moran brings her mother, Joan Johnson, to work each day at Kindness Creators, the child care program she co-directs...
What We Can Learn From Red States’ Approaches to Child Care Challenges
Which policies have earned cross-partisan support and could be a good fit for North Carolina’s early care and learning landscape?
Policymakers across the political spectrum ran for office on child care issues in 2024. From the presidential campaigns to local...
Family Child Care Providers See Gains Under Vermont’s New Child Care Law
Act 76, the state’s version of near-universal child care, is giving family child care an overdue boost.
Chelsea Chase’s house sits on a rural road in Vermont, four miles from interstate 91. A row of cubbies filled...
As Schools Shrink, D.C.’s Public Pre-K Shows Lasting Enrollment Benefits
Conor Williams, whose three children went through the program, calls out the new research and other strengths, including allowing families to grow.
Whenever a new presidential administration arrives in D.C., it’s natural that they promise dramatic policy changes. It’s normal that the...
Want to Offset Inflation for Working Families? Update the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit
Pepin: Doubling the tax credit could bring immediate relief to parents, offset recent price increases, and boost mothers’ employment rates.
Child care is notoriously unaffordable for many American families. Inflation has pushed the average price to more than $10,000 per...
Open Letter: Coalition Urges Trump to Prioritize Child Care and Early Learning
A group of 88 state and national organizations sent a letter to President Trump outlining priorities for our nation’s youngest children and their families.
Research has proven that the first five years of a child’s life are critical for healthy development, and we know...
Head Start Chaos Is Harmful for Children, Parents and Educators
President Trump’s guidance to pause federal funding created uncertainty for many. As the crisis subsides, let’s remember who lost out amid the chaos.
On Monday afternoon, the Trump administration dropped a public policy bomb: the Office of Budget and Management (OMB) released a...
Big Ten Early Learning Alliance Shines a Light on Early Childhood Data Solutions
A new coalition of early childhood research experts are collaborating to disseminate solutions to the field — starting with a focus on data.
“Isn’t it kind of crazy that we are still asking the same questions that we asked 15 years ago?” marvels...
For Child Care Providers, Wildfires Are Just One More Crisis
More than 500 child care spaces were in areas affected by the Palisades, Eaton and Hurst fires, according to L.A. County figures.
In an instant, Blanca Carrillo and her daughter Aurys Hernandez lost everything. Their home in Altadena was also the place...
Pilot Program Insulates Home-Based Child Care Providers from Income Volatility
The Thriving Providers Project, backed by philanthropic dollars, deposits $500 per month into the bank accounts of participating child care providers.
Carmen Reaves has worked in child care for 25 years. Parents drop their children off at her home in the...
Girls Face Stereotypes about STEM Abilities as Early as 6, Study Finds
Beliefs that boys are better at computer science and engineering could have ‘downstream effects’ on girls entering tech fields, one researcher says
When she taught third grade in Houston, Summer Robinson invited a friend, a female mechanical engineer at Chevron, to visit...
