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Study Shows Stronger Outcomes for English Learners with Early Access to Pre-K Programs

Benefits Include Stronger Attendance, English Language Development and Early Literacy

Leigh Giangreco·June 10, 2022·5 min read

Bilingual educators weren’t immune to the COVID-19 burnout that hit teachers this year. For example, last October, Illinois school districts...

Book Review: A Surgeon’s Road Map to a “Parent Nation”

Mark Swartz·April 12, 2022·5 min read

Dana L. Suskind, surgeon and “self-trained social scientist,” balances an incredible amount of empathy and urgency in her second book, Parent Nation.

State Roundup: The Summer of Child Care Innovations

New Mexico, Illinois and Connecticut Provide Cross-Section of States Making Bold Moves

Elliot Haspel·July 16, 2021·4 min read

Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said that states are the “laboratories of democracy.” It turns out they are the...

Five Questions with Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton

The Editors·May 26, 2020·4 min read

There’s an African proverb that’s now universally popular, and it says, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Governor Pritzker and I realize that the child care industry is part of the essential foundation that helps our children develop intellectually and emotionally. The industry allows working parents to focus on being productive on their jobs.

Lead in Water Puts All At Risk – Especially Infants and Young Children

Tom Kertscher·August 23, 2019·4 min read

A lead crisis plaguing Newark, N.J., is the latest large-scale threat posed by lead in water, a health hazard that’s...

Illinois

Study Shows Stronger Outcomes for English Learners with Early Access to Pre-K Programs

Book Review: A Surgeon’s Road Map to a “Parent Nation”

State Roundup: The Summer of Child Care Innovations

Five Questions with Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton

Lead in Water Puts All At Risk – Especially Infants and Young Children

Elliot’s Provocations: In Plain Dollars and Cents, a Child Care Policy Without Major Compensation Increases Is No Child Care Policy

5 Questions for the Governor: Oklahoma’s Kevin Stitt

For Families and Children, a Champion for Democracy and “Constructive Disagreements”

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