When you see a baby gazing on the world, you might imagine a little sponge passively soaking up information. Don’t...
Anyone who has spent time around a toddler knows their signature cries of “No!” and “Mi-i-ine!”—often some of the first...
When the Pritzker Children’s Initiative (PCI) launched a first-of-its-kind Prenatal-to-Age Three State Grant Competition late last year, 42 of 45...
More Bad News for Child Care: The Importance of Not Looking Away
Our Broken Child Care System and How to Fix It, Part 2
In this three-part series, Dr. Laura Justice—executive director of the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy at The...
In 2016, Alma Gonzalez, a passionate Latino community leader and volunteer, along with the community organization Eastside Pathways, identified the...
If you were to ask a group of Latinx dads if they speak in any special way to their babies,...
The children attending Tiny Trees Preschool classrooms in Seattle and King County parks may look like they’re “just playing,” but those little boots are actually marching, climbing, stomping and squishing their way to a well-rounded preschool education.
States are taking early childhood education seriously. A recent report from the Alliance for Early Success documents the progress. (See...
Babies and small children might not immediately come to mind when we think about people dealing with chronic stress. But...
In reviewing the extensive body of research on children’s language development, you might find yourself looking around for some fathers....