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American Rescue Plan Act Funds Are On The Way to Help Child Care Providers – But Will it Be Enough?

Blacksburg, Virginia has money allocated to give child care providers a much-needed pay boost, but for some it may be too late.

Rebecca Gale·Aug 8, 2023·9 min read

Lourdie believes she has found her life’s work as a child care worker. She loves her work in the infant-toddler...

New Report: Young Children Took a Blow From COVID. They Need Stable Caregivers to Recover.

Elliot Haspel·Jul 29, 2021·3 min read

It will take a long time for us to fully unpack the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Research has...

New White Paper: We Have School Districts — Why Not Early Childhood Districts?

Elliot Haspel·Aug 17, 2021·4 min read

What if, as a counterpart to public school districts for children five and under, we had “early childhood districts” adapted...

Federal Way Birth Center – First Black-Owned Freestanding Birth Center in Washington State – Founded to Combat Discrimination in Maternal and Infant Care

Elise Anderson·Jan 24, 2024·8 min read

Faisa Farole is the first Black midwife to own and operate a freestanding birth center in the state of Washington....

Think Child Care is Hard to Find? Try Being a Parent Who Works Early Mornings, Late Nights or Weekends

Bryce Covert·May 17, 2023·6 min read

It’s hard enough to find child care in this country that is dependable and affordable when working a regular 9...

“You Can’t Compare Apples and Pears”: Setting the Record Straight on Quebec’s Child Care System

Elliot Haspel·Jun 8, 2021·6 min read

As the debate rages over proposals to improve U.S. child care, several commentators— mostly self-described conservatives—have pointed to Quebec’s child...

Most Child Care is Segregated. Here’s How One Center Intentionally Integrated.

Kendra Hurley·Nov 10, 2021·7 min read

For decades, the Educational Alliance on Manhattan’s Lower East Side ran two parallel but separate early childhood programs. If you...

Roberta Michnick Golinkoff & Kathy Hirsh-Pasek (Part 1): How Did “Play” Become a Four-Letter Word?

The Editors·Apr 23, 2019·6 min read

The pressure to over-program kids often seems endless – so much so that a simple, old-fashioned idea has fallen to the side: Children should play. Roberta Michnick Golinkoff & Kathy Hirsh-Pasek – researchers and co-authors of “Becoming Brilliant, What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children” – explain their “Learning Landscapes” program, where they help local municipalities turn public spaces like bus stops into child-friendly play zones.

The Many Cases for Child Care

Elliot Haspel·Jul 5, 2022·5 min read

Back in May, I had the privilege to present the closing keynote address at the Child Care Services Association annual conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. One point that several attendees told me resonated was when I showed that you can make many different arguments for child care, although advocates tend to focus primarily on only a few.