The Power of First 10 Partnerships: 3 Examples
Part II of a two-part interview with David Jacobson
The First 10 initiative of the Education Development Center (EDC) supports a network that will soon include more than 60...
A Golden Opportunity for Early Childhood Apprenticeships
Why the Bank Street College of Education Believes the Time Is Right
Apprenticeships are practically as old as civilization, a concept normally associated with trades like blacksmithing and tailoring rather than child...
The Children’s School in Pittsburgh: Where It’s Hard to Tell Play, Learning and Work Apart
Part 3 of "Seasons of Play" Series
The three-, four- and five-year-olds at the Children’s School at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh had a problem. They had...
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...
In each year from 2016 through 2018, more than 2 million parents of children age 5 and younger suffered “job...
On Tuesday, September 1, the National Head Start Association (NHSA) hosted the second event in their State Policy Webinar Series. Participants highlighted the challenges and successes of three states attempting to offer quality, accessible education options for young children.
In 2016, when Philadelphia became the first big U.S. city to tax sugary beverages, many expected other others to follow....
Those of us who watched too much TV in the 1970s probably remember commercials extolling long-distance phone calls as The...
The Power of First 10 Partnerships
Part I of a two-part interview with David Jacobson
The First 10 initiative of the Education Development Center (EDC) supports a network that will soon include more than 60...
Sometimes the barriers that keep a pregnant person from seeking prenatal care and all the benefits that accrue to mother...
“Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone’s disbelief,” said August Wilson, playwright of the great “Pittsburgh Cycle.”...
As the U.S. finally appears to be coming to grips with how essential childcare is to future economic growth—and how...
