By investing in supporting the thriving of young children and their families, funders can help lay the foundation for those children to thrive for the rest of their lives—with benefits…
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Click here for more.For months, Karian had tried to make it on her own in New York without the help of specialized child care centers. After the birth of her second daughter, she…
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Last month, a Boston University junior proudly posted online that he had spent months calling Immigration and Customs Enforcement to report Latino workers at a neighborhood car wash. Nine people…
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Click here for more.Even as more Americans believe that earning a college degree isn’t worth the time and expense, research shows that college degrees still offer multiple benefits, including higher lifetime earnings and greater…
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Click here for more.Schools are essential places for children to access health services. An estimated 40 percent of school-aged children have at least one chronic health condition (National Survey of Children’s Health, 2019).…
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Sarah teaches AP Environmental Science. Last week, after a field study at the local creek, her students recorded video reflections on their phones about what they noticed, what surprised them,…
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The West Shore school board policy committee meeting came to a halt almost as soon as it began. As a board member started going over the agenda on July 17,…
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Click here for more.This fall, California achieved something extraordinary: full implementation of universal prekindergarten (UPK) through a mixed-delivery system that includes transitional kindergarten for all 4-year-olds among a variety of options available to…
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Click here for more.The early care and education research field has experienced an eventful — sometimes tumultuous — year, placing it repeatedly in the spotlight. While some states such as New Mexico forged bold solutions…
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At a landfill on Majuli, which is said by many to be the world’s largest riverine island, a cluster of ungainly birds peck at garbage. Here, on the river Brahmaputra in…
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When it comes to education news, 2025 was unprecedented. Within days of President Donald Trump taking office in January, tectonic shifts to education policy and child welfare were set in…
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Click here for more.On Jan. 7, 2025, people across the Los Angeles area watched in horror as powerful winds began spreading wildfires through neighborhood after neighborhood. Over three weeks, the fires destroyed more…