Connecticut Becomes First State in Nation for Baby Bonds Helps Tackle Generational Poverty in Low-Income Families Bryce Covert·Jul 6, 2021·6 min readConnecticut just took an unprecedented step: on June 30 it became the first state in the country to create baby... Read More
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 readIs universal, public preschool good for children? Is it worth spending billions of dollars on, or will that money be... Read More
The United States Used to Have Universal Child Care–Will We Do It Again?Bryce Covert·May 7, 2021·5 min readUniversal child care is getting a turn in the spotlight. President Joe Biden has proposed universal preschool for all American... Read More
Child Care is Infrastructure. Biden’s Relief Bill Understands ThatBryce Covert·Apr 8, 2021·7 min readAfter signing a $1.9 trillion relief bill into law, President Joe Biden is taking on his next big policy priority:... Read More
Ai-jen Poo, Founder of National Domestic Workers Alliance, Discusses Why Now is the Time for Transforming Our Undervalued and Largely Unseen Care WorkforceBryce Covert·Feb 24, 2021·10 min readDecades before the Covid pandemic, Ai-jen Poo realized that domestic workers who care for children and the elderly had few... Read More
New Mexico On Verge of Securing State Constitutional Change to Ensure Stable Funding for Children Zero to FiveBryce Covert·Jan 26, 2021·7 min readAfter a decade of organizing, early childhood education advocates in New Mexico are convinced they are about to secure something... Read More
Universal Child Care Neither New Idea Nor UnprecedentedBryce Covert·Jan 12, 2021·3 min readThe idea of creating a national, universal child care system in this country got a turn in the spotlight during... Read More
Proposition R in St. Louis: Ballot Measure Creates First Public Funding Source for Education and Care for Children 0-5Bryce Covert·Dec 3, 2020·5 min readOn Election Day, voters in St. Louis, Missouri, didn’t just overwhelmingly vote for Joe Biden to be president, bucking the... Read More