This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Access to quality preschool, also known as early childhood education (ECE), provides children with strong foundations for future academic achievement and learning. There is evidence of the vital importance of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Studying a diverse cohort of 2,500 children through the preschool and early elementary years, we examined the benefits from enrolling in early educational programs—whether entering at 3, 4, or 5 years of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As our education systems move from scrambling to adapt to school closures and distance learning towards something approaching normality, many are asking questions about how to recover what was lost.…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Arabella Advisors provide key insights into early the impacts of leadership development on childhood education based on the United States, particularly California. • How can philanthropy…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Ounce of Prevention Fund provides detailed instructions for and examples of different forms of advocacy that individuals can use to advance early childhood initiatives. • Which…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 didn’t just reveal a broken child care system. A confluence of events dramatically worsened the frayed patchwork of child care programs in the US, after significant drops in center enrollment when parents lost jobs,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the details of the $3.5 trillion budget plan get ironed out, all signs point to the inclusion of ambitious provisions that aim to improve our current child care system.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s understandable to come out of 20 years of funding cycles with a new perspective on grantmaking. For one Portland-based organization, these shifts in perspective have driven consistent and drastic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Illinois will give every eligible child care worker in the state a one-time $1,000 bonus in an effort to stem high turnover and ease a staffing crunch that has challenged the industry.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic underscored the critical role of child care in supporting parents’ ability to work and children’s healthy development. It also contributed to a growing national awareness of structural racism and its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we think about the future of teaching and learning, we imagine classrooms that foster creativity and critical thinking. We envision groups of students collaborating with one another to imagine…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Babies and Toddlers Spread Virus in Homes More Easily Than Teens: According to a new large study out of Canada. Via The New York Times: “The study, which was published in the journal…