Childcare & Early Education

Childcare & Early Education Immigration Social & Emotional Development

September 20, 2018

Many parents worry that cyberbullying, trolls, and rude behavior have taken over the internet. While it may seem that the online world has worn away our empathy, many studies show that kids and teens develop strong, supportive online bonds both with known friends and those they've met online. And...

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Caroline Knorr

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Podcast

September 18, 2018

On the radio show this week we cover a long fought childcare victory, the latest in the fight to #StopKavanaugh, what climate change and storms have in common and how we can protect our planet, and tips for safety in hurricanes and weather disasters. *Special guests include: Helen Blank, National...

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MomsRising

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Gun Safety Maternal Justice MomsRising MomsRising Near You Social & Emotional Development

September 15, 2018

The "school-to-prison pipeline" is a troubling national trend where children are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. It starts when kids are pushed out of the classroom, typically for nonviolent offenses, effectively reducing valuable learning time,...

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Beatriz Beckford

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

September 14, 2018

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” These words are from President Franklin Roosevelt’s second inaugural address given January 20, 1937. The President was speaking to a nation...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Sign on!

Childcare & Early Education Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

September 12, 2018

So here’s a head scratcher for you: Just days before DC Mayor Muriel Bowser holds a Maternal and Infant Health Summit, she released a statement encouraging the DC Council to shift funding from the District’s Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 to the comprehensive Birth-to-Three for All DC...

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Jeannina Perez

Childcare & Early Education MomsRising Social & Emotional Development

September 12, 2018

Without these skills, children are at a higher risk for mental, behavioral and developmental disorders. The latest statistics from the CDC show that 1 in 7 children (ages 2-8-years old) have a mental, behavioral or developmental disorder. What it looks like in school while they are mastering these skills...

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Lina Acosta Sandaal

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

September 10, 2018

What teenagers look like they're doing and what they're actually doing can be two totally different things -- especially when it comes to social media. A bored-looking ninth-grader could be majorly bonding with her new BFF on Snapchat . A 10th-grade gamer may complain loudly when you cut off his...

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Caroline Knorr

Childcare & Early Education

September 7, 2018

“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues – the most dominating virtues of human society – are created, strengthened and maintained.” Joseph Miles is 51 years old, but says he spends a lot of time today thinking about this quote by Winston Churchill...

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Marian Wright Edelman

We Are MomsRising!

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security MomsRising Near You Social & Emotional Development

September 6, 2018

In today’s installment of We Are MomsRising, we talked to Te’Jal in Ohio about what it is like to be a mom in 2018. Read her story below. To learn more about the We Are MomsRising campaign, check out this blog post . We didn't have any [high-quality early learning] programs that met our standards...

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Abbie Gately

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

August 31, 2018

As children across the country return to their classrooms, I share prayers for them in this new school year. I begin with a special prayer for children struggling to beat the odds: Live child – no matter what! Don’t let anybody or anything stop you Like the flowers in the crannied walls squeezing...

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Marian Wright Edelman