This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Infant mental health” (I-ECMH) refers to how well a child develops socially and emotionally from birth to three. Infant-early childhood mental health, sometimes referred to as social and emotional health,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We have an emerging body of evidence demonstrating the critical importance of the earliest years, and how cost-effective it is to invest at that point. The achievement gap between low-income…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The aim of this thesis was to develop a workshop that creates awareness and interest to use gender-sensitive early childhood education methods. The target group was students of early childhood…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A generation of parents are revealing some advantages of the condition, even when their children don’t share the diagnosis. Hurley was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at age 23, when her…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Mary Black Foundation in South Carolina is among those foundations that have embraced a stepped-up focus on equity, as we’ve reported. A lot of the equity work being done…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Washington’s new paid family and medical leave policy makes me proud of my state. It’s not just the groundbreaking policy, which fills a need for every worker in Washington. It’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As budgets and programs are slashed at the federal, state, and local levels, the recognition of early childhood/pre-K as an important investment, even worthy of increased funding, is on the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Shantell Thomas stood in front of her son’s strawberry-flavored birthday cake, jaw clenched, knuckles white from the ferocious grip she had on the 10-inch carving knife. A dozen rowdy youngsters…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Early childhood is the very foundation of opportunity. Science tells us that the first years—really the first months—of life lay the groundwork for everything that follows. The compelling promise of…
If we invest in programs that promote learning beginning at birth, the statistics will change, the stories will change, the future will change.
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Remarkably, one in four American children come from low-income families and enter kindergarten not ready to learn. As a result, these children fall behind from the very start. Achieving Kindergarten…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The programs the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy has identified as social programs that work are linked in the source article. Programs identified as having the most credible evidence of effectiveness,…