Cal Newport Thinks We Can Work Better – But Where Does Caregiving Fit In? Q+A with Bestselling Author on How and Why Care and Work Intersect Rebecca Gale·Mar 27, 2024·7 min readWork and caregiving seem to exist as a yin and yang on our lives: the pull of one exerts influence... Read More
Of Toddlers and Teenagers: Ellen Galinsky Breaks Through Adolescence with Brain Science and New BookMark Swartz·Mar 26, 2024·5 min readEllen Galinsky’s The Breakthrough Years is the product of nearly a decade of exploration into the adolescent mind. Read More
“This Is Our Moment”: Six Bank Street Policy Fellows Share Their StrategiesMark Swartz·Mar 21, 2024·6 min readBank Street College of Education’s second cohort of Early Childhood Policy Fellows includes 13 female leaders working toward quality and... Read More
Partnership for America’s Children Nurtures a New Generation of Advocates and Leaders 5 Ways Millennials Push for State and Local Policy Change Mark Swartz·Mar 20, 2024·7 min readMarquita Little Numan took the helm of Partnership for America’s Children last August, just a few weeks before the Executive... Read More
From Blueprint to Blue Ribbon: How Franklin County, OH Is Using Rescue Plan Dollars to Stabilize—and Revitalize—Child CareMark Swartz·Mar 14, 2024·4 min readFranklin County—the most populous county in Ohio and home to Ohio State University (OSU)—is also one of the Buckeye State’s... Read More
5 Top Takeaways from New America’s Better Life Lab Conversation with Child Care Advocates and Policy Leaders New Report Raises Critical Questions Elise Anderson·Mar 13, 2024·7 min readWhat do Marriott, Home Depot, Patagonia and Walmart have in common? These businesses offer benefits like onsite child care and... Read More
Research Study: Perception of Neighborhood Safety Can Shape Infant and Maternal OutcomesK.C. Compton·Mar 12, 2024·6 min readSometimes the barriers that keep a pregnant person from seeking prenatal care and all the benefits that accrue to mother... Read More
Extending the Experience: Digital Promise’s Approach to TechnologyMark Swartz·Mar 7, 2024·5 min readEvery parent does it. We let our young children use the iPad while we fold laundry or take a quick... Read More
Where the Heart Is: The Osage Nation Invests in Early Childhood Efforts to Save Their LanguageSuzette Brewer·Mar 6, 2024·9 min readOn a recent sunny Friday morning at the Daposka Ahnkodapi School in Pawhuska, Okla., the day began with weekly circle... Read More
Elliot’s Provocations: “Lose Your Job, Lose Your Child Care.”Elliot Haspel·Mar 5, 2024·5 min readLast fall, I received an email from a distraught mother. Read More
Child Care At Work? New Report and Conversation Questions the Role Business Should Play in our Nation’s Child CareRebecca Gale·Mar 1, 2024·9 min readElliot Haspel is clear about one thing regarding business and child care: he believes that on-site child care or business-supported... Read More
New Study: Health Insurance Differences Can Cost a Baby’s LifeK.C. Compton·Feb 29, 2024·8 min readOne sentence can hold a lot of heartache. This one, for instance: Babies born to mothers on Medicaid died at... Read More