Childcare & Early Education

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Marian Wright Edelman

Childcare & Early Education

August 30, 2018

It’s been twenty years since the release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and at thirty-two I’m ecstatic that J.K Rowling's amazing magical world is still alive and well for our kids with the re-release of all Harry Potter movies this Friday on August 31st (time to pull out my Gryffindor...

Nina Perez

Childcare & Early Education Immigration Social & Emotional Development

August 27, 2018

On the #radio show this week we cover the new “As You Are” campaign; the Kavanaugh nomination to the US Supreme Court and what's at stake for women; the latest on the #FamiliesBelongTogether fight; and how to help revolutionize education and end the school to prison pipeline. *Special guests on the...

MomsRising

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

August 24, 2018

I wrote recently about a few of the brave children who helped change our nation during the Civil Rights Movement. There are many, many others whose examples should inspire us today. Claudette Colvin – sometimes called “The First Rosa Parks” – was a 15-year-old Black girl who challenged bus...

Marian Wright Edelman

Childcare & Early Education

August 22, 2018

Soy la orgullosa mamá de Zoe (5), Brendan (3) y, ¡de un pequeñín que nacerá en septiembre! Me apasiona aprender nuevos idiomas y culturas y trato de enseñárselos a mis hijos desde pequeños. Profesionalmente, soy educadora y estoy certificada para enseñar Alemán, Inglés como Segunda Lengua y...

Maria Bailey

Childcare & Early Education

August 20, 2018

I am a proud mom to Zoe (5), and Brendan (3), and a new little one arriving in September! I have a personal passion for learning new languages and cultures that I seek to instill in my children at an early age. Professionally, I am an educator with teaching certificates in German, English as a...

Maria Bailey