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Universal, Public Preschool Found to Help Students Long After They Graduate

Proof that Investing in Universal Preschool Can Pay Off

Bryce Covert·May 21, 2021·5 min read

Is universal, public preschool good for children? Is it worth spending billions of dollars on, or will that money be... Read More

Working with ECE Providers in Massachusetts during Covid-19: Insights from Amy O’Leary

Bryce Covert·March 25, 2021·7 min read

The pandemic has upended entire industries, including the early childhood education (ECE) industry, which has suffered through permanent closures, high... Read More

5 Top Takeaways from Catalyzing Connections: Promise Venture’s Latest Entrepreneur Showcase

Bryce Covert·June 17, 2020·3 min read

Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps... Read More

5 Takeaways from Jack Shonkoff’s EdRedesign Keynote

Welcome to Our New Column Covering Live Events

Bryce Covert·May 27, 2020·2 min read

On May 19, Dr. Jack P. Shonkoff delivered the Education Redesign Lab (EdRedesign) spring keynote address via YouTube. Among his many distinctions, Dr. Shonkoff—Director of Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child and Professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard Graduate School of Education—was awarded the 2019 LEGO Prize for revolutionizing the field of early child development. Here are our notes from his remarks. Read More

How Two Zaentz Fellows Are Adapting to—and Shaping—the Early Education Landscape

Bryce Covert·April 22, 2021·3 min read

The fellows program of the Zaentz Early Education Initiative at Harvard University cultivates new leaders in this vital and rapidly... Read More

Our Child Care Facilities Are in Crisis But There Are Solutions

Business, Nonprofits, Chambers of Commerce Build Coalitions

Bryce Covert·October 8, 2020·3 min read

In the morning, as children dash into their preschools and home-based care sites, hanging coats and finding favorite toys or... Read More

Roger Brooks = Right Leader at the Right Time for a Pioneering Approach to History Education

Bryce Covert·May 28, 2020·5 min read

Julie Leff can pinpoint the moment when she knew Roger Brooks was the right person to lead Facing History and... Read More

Rep Deb Haaland and Sen Elizabeth Warren

Warren and Haaland Introduce Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act

What Will It Do?

Bryce Covert·July 8, 2019·3 min read

A universal child care plan rolled out by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, one of the roughly two dozen... Read More

Massachusetts

Universal, Public Preschool Found to Help Students Long After They Graduate

Working with ECE Providers in Massachusetts during Covid-19: Insights from Amy O’Leary

5 Top Takeaways from Catalyzing Connections: Promise Venture’s Latest Entrepreneur Showcase

5 Takeaways from Jack Shonkoff’s EdRedesign Keynote

How Two Zaentz Fellows Are Adapting to—and Shaping—the Early Education Landscape

Our Child Care Facilities Are in Crisis But There Are Solutions

Roger Brooks = Right Leader at the Right Time for a Pioneering Approach to History Education

Warren and Haaland Introduce Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act

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