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7 Reasons to Be Encouraged about the Planet Our Children Are Inheriting
Quality Journalism Needed to Shift Attitudes on Child Care
Lost in the Policy Woods? Finding Your Way to Equity and Access with the Zaentz Navigator
Pregnancy and Shackles: Birth Behind Bars Marked by a Patchwork of Policies and Neglect
ECE Workers Identify Issues Barriers to National Certification, Study Finds
End-of-Year Research Roundup: Three Economic Studies for Building a Better Child Care Sector
WIC Faces Cuts if Congress Reneges on 25-Year-Long Bipartisan Commitment
Elliot’s Provocations: 5 Early Learning Trends for 2024
5 Top Takeaways from the Hunt Institute Conversation: The Men of Early Learning
What It Takes to Nurture “Little Leaders”: Reflections from a Family Care Provider in the Bronx
5 Top Takeaways from New America’s Better Life Lab Webinar: Transforming How America Cares
Reframing Caregiving Leave as an Opportunity at Work, Not a Liability
Unleashing the Potential of Young Dual Language Learners
Improving Child Care in Puerto Rico Begins with Building a Data Infrastructure
Book Review: New Book on Preschool Segregation Raises Under-Examined Questions
Mississippi’s “Miracle”: Fourth Grade Reading Scores Keep Climbing. Is Early Learning the Reason?
America’s Child Care Food Programs: Available and Too-Often Unused
Elliot’s Provocations: Offering Child Care Educators Free Child Care: A Stopgap Measure with Legs
NAEYC’s Michelle Kang: Empowering “the Workforce behind the Workforce”
Back and Forth: Talking with Author Rebecca Rolland about Talking with Children
At Chicago’s Carole Robertson Center for Learning, Freedom Crawls Before It Can Walk
Tools of the Mind Part II: Playing and Learning at Denver’s Lowry Elementary
Tools of the Mind, Part I: “Standing a Head Taller” with Deborah Leong
Why Invest in Public Campaigns to Promote Marriage When What’s Needed Are Effective Policies?
Top Takeaways from the Fireside Chat: The Future of Child Care with Rep. Ro Khanna and Wendy Doyle
5 Top Takeaways from the Trust for Learning and All Our Kin Webinar: Educator-Led Movement Building
“Dolly Is the Book Lady”: The Imagination Library’s Journey in Three States
Elliot’s Provocations: In a Year of Unions Flexing Power, Child Care is a Question Mark
The Child Care Cliff, A Cautionary Tale
More Than Meets the Eye: Jeremiah Program’s Chastity Lord
Bill Aims to Continue Critical Child Care Funding Set to Expire at End of September
Bipartisan Farm Bill Legislation Seeks to Boost Child Care Access and Affordability in Rural Areas
Building Equity by Building Playgrounds (and More)
A Top Priority for Generation Z? Child Care
Book Review: Why and How to Abolish the Child Welfare System
Five Tribal Communities in New Mexico to Receive $98 Million
How Can We Make This School Year the Most Playful in History?
Inspiring Educators with No Borders Between Play and Learning at the Center for Playful Inquiry
Elliot’s Provocations: Whither Family, Friends & Neighbor Care?
The Lahaina Fires Illuminate Our Immense Unpreparedness of Weather-Related Disasters
Child Care for the Broadway Babies
Dignity and Inclusion: Kendra Davenport on Revitalizing Easterseals’ Core Values
5 Top Takeaways from the Hunt Institute’s Technology in Early Childhood Discussion
“A Loving Approach”: Q & A with the Children’s Bureau’s Aysha E. Schomburg
Book Review: Child Care Justice: Transforming the System of Care for Young Children
“What Brings Your Child Joy?” How Oregon Is Reinventing the Kindergarten Transition
Millie Provides a New Model of Pregnancy Care
"Gold Standard" Study Finds High-Quality Care Is Important in Infancy
5 Top Takeaways: Child Care Lessons Learned from the Pandemic
5 Top Takeaways from the CAYL Conversation: A New Generation of Early Childhood Leaders
New Research Examines How Austerity Following the Great Recession Widened the Child Care Gender Gap
American Rescue Plan Act Funds Are On The Way to Help Child Care Providers - But Will it Be Enough?
Tim Gill and Ankita Chachra Discuss How and Why Cities of the Future Can Work Better for Children
Will NYC Mayor Invest in Universal Pre-K or Let It Starve?
Child Care is Now Free for Some Families--Which Raises Some Questions!
New Paper: Aligning Early Years and Climate Change Strategies Can Drive Action on Both Fronts
Can Play ‘Level the Playing Field’ in Chicago? How VOCEL Is Shifting Strategy to Magnify Impact
Minnesota Makes Major Strides on Behalf of Children and Families
The Children’s School in Pittsburgh: Where It’s Hard to Tell Play, Learning and Work Apart
UnidosUS: Arming Fathers with Facts to Support Their Children’s School Success
New Research: Unsafe Feeding Skyrocketed During the Infant Formula Shortage
Nearly Half of American Families Struggle to Afford Diapers
Elliot’s Provocations: The Minimum Viable Child Care Fallacy
5 Top Takeaways: Following the Science on Bilingualism
5 Top Takeaways from the Abt Associates Learning Session: Increasing Pay for Child Care Workers
Pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha’s Vision of “What We Can Do Next”
RAPID Goes Local: Community-Specific Content for Community-Specific Needs
Vermont Makes Child Care History with a Bipartisan Veto Override
New Study: We Can Change Minds—and Mindsets—About the Value of Early Childhood
Did Covid Break Child Care or Was It Already Broken? A Brief Explainer
Kelly Fradin’s Parenting Prescription. Interview with the Author
Getting Messy in Madison: The 6 Sides of the Upcoming Play Make Learn 2023 Conference
New Study: Hot Days Impact Kids’ Activity Levels and Health
Colorado Pilot Gives Home Child Care Providers Cash Payments with No Strings Attached
With $125 Million Hanging in the Air, Vermont Sets the Stage for National Child Care
The Early Learning Teacher Corps: A Public Service Innovation in Louisiana
Decline of Home-Based Child Care Options Sours Parents' Perception of the Child Care Market
Elliot’s Provocations: Bring on School-Aged Care
Tennessee on Track to Become First in Nation to Offer Diaper Benefit to Medicaid Families
Book Review: Natality: Toward a Philosophy of Birth
OPINION: Want a High-Quality Education for Your Kids? Then Protect Equity in the Classroom.
A Day Trip to Philadelphia Shows What Playful Learning Is—and Isn’t
New Step-by-Step Activity Guide Helps Adults Discuss Race with Young Children
The Research-Backed Way to Keep Kids Safe
Escaping the Policy Labyrinth with New America’s New Practice Lab
Generation Hope: One Desperate Teen’s Story Grows into Hope for Hundreds
How to Make Mother’s Day 2023 One for the Ages
The Full PUMP Act Is Now in Effect. Here’s What It Does for Lactating Parents.
More than 700 Child Care Providers Shut Their Doors to Demand Better Pay
5 Top Takeaways: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Indian Child Welfare Act
Elliot’s Provocations: When the Waters Rise on Child Care Programs
Black Women Fear Death During and Post-Pregnancy: It Isn’t Paranoia
Book Review: Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty
Rhythm, Blues and the Revolutionary Power of Creativity
“A Sense of Urgency Like Never Before”: Dismantling Racist Systems with Leah Austin
Pathways Early Learning Center: High-Quality Early Education for Kids Dealing with Homelessness
Doula Services: Michigan Offers Medicaid Enrollees a Powerful Boost for Better Childbirth Outcomes
Will Biden's First Term Have a Lasting Impact on the Child Care Sector?
Elliot’s Provocations: Where Have All the Child Care Lobbyists Gone?
Erikson Institute’s New, Fully Funded Master’s Program for Educators of Color in Chicago
Private-Equity’s Growth in Child Care Chains Imperils Access for Many Families, Research Finds
Good Learning Needs Good Nutrition: A Fundamental Value for the Educare Learning Network
Good Learning Needs Good Nutrition: A Fundamental Value for the Educare Learning Network
The Power of First 10 Partnerships: 3 Examples
The Power of First 10 Partnerships
Harvard’s Nonie Lesaux on the Long and Winding Road to High-Quality, Universal Child Care
In Babies’ Brains, White Matter Is Crucial—and Conversational Turns Make It Grow
Bank Street’s New Policy Fellowship Aims for Equity and Quality
Book Review: No Longer Welcome: The Epidemic of Expulsion from Early Childhood Education
Better Communities Collaborative in Athens, Ga. Supports Families and Communities, Inspires Others
“Children Learn What They Live”: Building Empathy in Marin County
Elliot’s Provocations: Voter Support for Child Care Is Sky-High Yet Butter-Soft
Educator Burnout: Another Child Care Struggle
Book Review: Who’s Raising the Kids: Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Our Children
Neighborhood Villages: The Pathway to Professionalism is Paved with Apprenticeships
Investing in New Systems for Paying Educators What They Need and Deserve
INVITE: Tues, 2/21, Early Learning Innovation in a Time of Crisis
OPINION: Let's Not Throw Out Market Rate Surveys Just Yet: Funding Child Care in Today’s World
FUEL for Asylum Seekers and Their Children
Can the Congressional Dads Caucus Help Break the Logjam on Family-Friendly Policies?
OPINION: Male Educators in the Child Care Workforce
Author Bruce Perry and the Neuroscience Insights We Need Today
An Environmental Health Scientist’s Recipe for Giving the Next Generation a Safe Future
Book Review: Children's Health and The Peril of Climate Change
1 in 4 Parents Report Being Fired for Work Interruptions Due to Child Care Breakdowns
Bilingualism Is a Resource, Not a Disability. Education Professionals Need to Follow the Science
How Child Care in Oregon is Saving the Construction Trade
Boston’s New Office of Early Childhood Takes a Systemic Approach to Fixing a Broken System
Learning and Growing with Khan Academy Kids
ELSI: Oregon’s Higher Education Partner for Early Education
ICYMI: Pumping, Equity and Advice Edition
WeeSubsidy: A New Way to Balance Child Care Market Forces
The Early Childhood Workforce in Lafayette, La. Wants Pay, Benefits and R-E-S-P-E-C-T
New Study: Race and Mother’s Education Key for Extracurricular Participation
A Landmark Victory for Pregnant and Nursing Workers - 10 Years in the Making
New Study: A Call to Action to Include Non-English Speakers in Pediatric Research
5 Top Takeaways from a New Publication and a Brookings Webinar on Single-Parent Families
Elliot’s Provocations: Five Early Learning Trends for 2023
RAND Report Highlights Unique Challenges Facing Hawaii’s Early Child Care Workforce