This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “With disruptions resulting from the pandemic, I worry that schools want to play ‘catch up’ rather quickly and … undermine [children’s] social and emotional learning and mental health,” said Chin…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of child care, particularly home-based child care (HBCC), a sector that has historically had a central but often overlooked role in supporting children…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Change is most effective when we follow the lead of the stories, experiences, and data shared by communities. Across the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network, we use this information to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the availability of high-quality, center-based prekindergarten (pre-K) has increased, so too has the attention given to children’s learning experiences in the summer between pre-K and kindergarten. However, access to…
SVCF’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) Strategic Initiative is comprised of three prongs: catalyzing philanthropic investment, activating leadership and supporting learn and action in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Intergenerational shared sites are not a new concept in the United States. Messiah Lifeways, a residential community for older adults in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, opened more than 40 years ago with a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As millions of people across the U.S. and around the world are getting vaccinated against COVID-19, communities are starting to think about life beyond the pandemic. One of the biggest shifts will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s risky in education to say any district was the first to do something. But in the mid-1980s, the small, rural Lanesboro Public Schools, in the southeastern part of Minnesota,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During this pandemic, families have been dealing with numerous sources of stress–including unemployment, strains on financial resources, and higher levels of anxiety and depression from living in a time of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With 258 million children out of school and 617 million children and adolescents in school but not achieving minimum proficiency levels in reading and math, we are rapidly running out…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More now than ever before, there is a critical need to invest in high-quality early childhood and kindergarten programs that set students up for long-term success. Kindergarten is an instrumental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During the COVID-19 pandemic, parents have had to balance working or seeking work, protecting their own and their children’s health and safety, and managing their children’s education despite child care programs being closed…