Childcare & Early Education

October 28, 2010

The lives of low-income working mothers and children are hanging in the balance with California Governor’s economically irresponsible and morally reprehensible line-item veto to eliminate the Stage 3 child care program . Despite having a bi-partisan “hand shake deal” that would have protected child...

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Mary Ignatius

October 25, 2010

Last week the Corporate Model School Reformers issued a manifesto. Like most manifestos, it’s simple and slick … and wrong.

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Lily Eskelsen

Childcare & Early Education

October 18, 2010

Wonder why we’ll likely have fewer women in Congress after the November elections than we’ve had in the last three decades? [1] Well, one reason might just be because the current women running for office are too often subjected to outrageous sexist comments from media pundits and commentators--...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Open Flexible Work

October 15, 2010

We know the value of unions to working Americans: unionized workers make more money, have more access to pensions, receive better health insurance, and have safer workplaces. Less known but equally critical is that unionized workers also receive more generous family-friendly benefits – union...

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Brandy Davis

Childcare & Early Education

October 12, 2010

Sometimes it's easy to forget that I live in a world of relative privilege. No, I'm not a millionaire or getting ready to jet off to any exotic location for the holidays (though I did see some interesting "wildlife" in South Beach while attending a recent conference !). In my suburban neighborhood...

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Joanne Bamberger

Childcare & Early Education

October 6, 2010

Imagine what it’s like when musicians from disparate countries, playing diverse instruments, dedicated to different genres come together on one stage, having never met each other before. Initially the collaboration produces dissonance, but among skilled practitioners dedicated to their craft,...

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Homa Tavangar

Childcare & Early Education Food!

September 28, 2010

We’ve been talking about about the sad state of school lunches for years. But now we finally have a chance to start making school lunches more nutritious and more accessible. The U.S. Senate recently passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which is an update of the Child Nutrition Act. Now, to...

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Sarah Francis

Childcare & Early Education

September 27, 2010

There's a party in my car every morning on the way to pre-school and childcare. We turn up "Dancing Queen," boogie under our seatbelts and make up words as we go along. It's the easiest way to get my two little ones excited about climbing into their carseats. After the drop offs, I say goodbye to...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Childcare & Early Education

September 16, 2010

Because the achievement gap is a theme I am passionate about and often pops up at my blog, MotherTalkers , I thought I would highlight a quick story on the racial disparity in school suspensions. From the New York Times : "In many of the nation’s middle schools, black boys were nearly three times...

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Elisa Batista

Childcare & Early Education

September 15, 2010

I've said it before but it bears repeating - working ourselves out from under the rubble of this recession won't happen if we attempt to step on the more vulnerable members of society in the process. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is proposing to do just that with his tax bill, introduced...

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Amie Newman