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More Bad News for Child Care: The Importance of Not Looking Away

Our Broken Child Care System and How to Fix It, Part 2

The Editors·May 20, 2020·8 min read

In this three-part series, Dr. Laura Justice—executive director of the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy at The...

Wisconsin is Cutting State Funding for Child Care. Providers are Taking a Stand

Child care providers have long advocated for an equitable system and more support. In Wisconsin, they’re taking action.

Elliot Haspel·May 14, 2025·4 min read

On Monday, child care providers across the country participated in the fourth annual Day Without Child Care, closing their doors...

“Those children probably aren’t going to be eating”: Family Child Care Providers Prepare for Food Program Cliff

Elliot Haspel·Jun 7, 2022·3 min read

A little-noticed meteorite is about to smash into family child care providers. If Congress does not act by June 30th...

5 Questions for the Mayor: Milwaukee’s Tom Barrett

Linda Shockley·Sep 10, 2019·3 min read

“The earlier we create an early childhood infrastructure for children and families, the better the guarantee we’ll have for a world-class city. I want that for Milwaukee, and for every child born and raised here.”

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Winners Announced for PCI’s First Prenatal-to-Age-Three Grant Competition

Gerry Cobb·Jul 10, 2019·3 min read

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...

Top Takeaways from the Educare Webinar: Pandemic Responses in Three Cities

Mark Swartz·Aug 6, 2020·2 min read

“We’re not going to grow as a nation without a strong system of care,” Gladys Montes stated at the outset...

New Report by the Century Foundation: The Child Care Cliff Meant the End of Federal Funds – But Some States Are Stepping In to Fix That

Rebecca Gale·Feb 7, 2024·10 min read

The Covid-19 pandemic ushered in unprecedented federal spending in the child care industry. When schools and child care programs shut...

5 Top Takeaways from the Hunt Institute ‘Shared Services’ Webinar

Mark Swartz·Jul 27, 2022·3 min read

Sharing is one of the most important skills taught by early educators, so it’s ironic that the early education sector is just getting around to embracing sharing as a strategy to make small businesses more sustainable.

Mind in the Making: 10 Years of Keeping the Fire Burning in Children’s Eyes

Research Becomes a Book; A Book Becomes a Movement

K.C. Compton·Jun 18, 2020·15 min read

Not all adventurers wear rugged clothes and pith helmets; some carry laptops, notebooks and pens. But all are driven by the same impulse: They have a question and they won’t rest until they have an answer that satisfies them. “What’s over that mountain?” “Where does this river go?” In the case for Ellen Galinsky, author of more than 100 books and reports and a self-described “research adventurer,” the driving question in 2000 was, “How do we keep the fire burning in children’s eyes?”

5 Top Takeaways from the Fireside Chat: “A Moment to Think Creatively”

Mark Swartz·Mar 29, 2021·3 min read

On March 16, the National League of Cities (NLC) hosted a virtual fireside chat titled “State and Local Government Prenatal-to-Three Collaboration in Action.” The conversation focused on political leaders in Wisconsin, but the lessons were applicable beyond America’s Dairyland.