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Most Read Stories of 2024: Our 10 Top Stories About Child Care and Early Learning

The themes that resonated include the experiences of working families, the mental health of young children, and the cost (and funding) of child care.

Marisa Busch·Jan 2, 2025·8 min read

As we enter 2025, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the stories we published over the past year that...

How a Local Early Learning Collaborative Is Centering Belonging to Better Support Families With Young Children

Through empowering families and cultivating a sense of belonging, the Santa Ana Early Learning Initiative aims to boost outcomes for young children.

Mark Swartz·Dec 5, 2024·6 min read

The Santa Ana Early Learning Initiative (SAELI), a collaborative supporting families with children ages 9 and under in Santa Ana,...

The Children’s Agenda: What a Harris-Walz Administration Could Mean For Families

Bryce Covert·Sep 10, 2024·8 min read

Just one day after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential election and endorsed his vice president, Kamala...

White House Brings Newborn Baby Kits to More Households – But Real Challenges to Caring for Young Kids Remain

Rebecca Gale·Aug 13, 2024·4 min read

New babies may be bundles of joy, but they also bring bundles of bills – and not every family is...

‘Music Zoo’ Gives Preschoolers an Up Close and Personal Experience of Music-Making

K.C. Compton·Aug 7, 2024·5 min read

When University of Arkansas student Jackson Joyce took his saxophone to the Jean Tyson Child Development Center one late spring...

Stress Hormones In Preschoolers Improve With Emotional Knowledge, Study Indicates

K.C. Compton·Aug 6, 2024·7 min read

Picture this: a 3-year-old in a preschool classroom is playing with a popular toy when a classmate asks if they...

Child Care Down on the Farm

Elliot Haspel·Aug 1, 2024·5 min read

The child care movement needs a broad base of support in order to win an effective, publicly-funded system. Now, a new research paper is opening another door by showing how child care is impacting that most respected of American icons: farmers.

Where Should Women Channel Their Ambition?

Samhita Mukhopadhyay on The Myth of Making It in a World Set Up For Women to Fail

Haley Swenson·Jul 25, 2024·10 min read

Four years since the COVID-19 pandemic shook U.S. workplaces and its child care systems, parents continue to engage in vital...

Helping Children Make Sense of Their World through Science

K.C. Compton·Jul 23, 2024·8 min read

A recent report by a National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine committee declared the need to promote science, technology,...

8 Top Takeaways from the Conversation: The Future of Child Care Reporting From Those Who Cover It

Learn More about Better Life Lab and Early Learning Nation’s Reporter Roundtable

Rebecca Gale·Jul 17, 2024·3 min read

You don’t have to work in journalism to know that the field is changing rapidly. Newspapers are continuing to vanish...

Diapers are Missing from the Safety Net. American Families are Paying the Price.

Elise Anderson·Jul 16, 2024·9 min read

Did you know that infants require up to 12 diapers per day? Did you also know this can cost families...

Green Spaces: A Vital Key to Young Children’s Mental Well-Being

K.C. Compton·Jul 9, 2024·6 min read

As mental-health professionals, pediatricians, parents and educators weigh how to address what is widely viewed as a mental health emergency...

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