Childcare & Early Education

May 8, 2017

*** Want more information on raising multilingual children? Visit MomsRising's bilingual parenting resource site: http://action.momsrising.org/survey/bilingual_baby/?source=blog Today, May 8th, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed SHB 1445, legislation expanding access to dual language learning in...

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Childcare & Early Education Realistic & Fair Wages

May 7, 2017

After returning over $20m of Child Care and Development Funds to the federal government in 2016, Michigan's Governor has proposed a 2018 budget plan that will ensure the entirety of the Federal child care funds available to the state are drawn. The proposed strategy included a plan to increase the...

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Camarrah Morgan

Childcare & Early Education Realistic & Fair Wages

May 3, 2017

Moms know just how very valuable early learning is for kids, for families, and for our economy. More than anything, we want our children, and every child, to have every chance to succeed in school and in life. High-quality early learning programs are critically important to children’s success. In...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Childcare & Early Education Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

May 2, 2017

Ivanka Trump is set to release her new book today — Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success . Earlier this year, we were happy to welcome Ivanka to the federal government where hundreds of thousands of union members tirelessly serve our country each and every day. As a senior adviser to her...

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Liz Shuler

Childcare & Early Education

May 2, 2017

As educators, advocates and organizers, we know it’s not easy to unite, and much less execute effectively, as a collective. Nonetheless, we must continue to diligently pursue these collective conversations and actions to achieve a thriving ecosystem for young children. To me there’s undoubtedly an...

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Denise Smith

Childcare & Early Education MomsRising

May 1, 2017

*** Want more information on raising multilingual children? Visit MomsRising's bilingual parenting resource site: http://action.momsrising.org/survey/bilingual_baby/?source=blog MomsRising/MamásConPoder just wrapped up celebrating National Bilingual/Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month and we want...

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Diana Limongi

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Open Flexible Work Politics & Policy

May 1, 2017

We’re 100 days in to the new administration and we’re not giving up! In fact, we’re powering up, rolling our sleeves up, and marching forward! Here are your #5Actions for this week: 1. The very bad, no good healthcare bill is ba-aack! And they might vote again soon. Tell Congress: Don’t take our...

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Celebrando Mes Nacional del Concientización Bilingüe!

Childcare & Early Education

April 30, 2017

Para la mayoría de los padres inmigrantes, criar hijos bilingües no es una elección o una decisión, sino más bien una forma de vida. Independientemente de que nuestro idioma nativo sea el español, filipino, coreano, chino o francés, todos queremos que nuestros hijos puedan comunicarse en el idioma...

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Maritere Rodriguez Bellas

Celebrating Bilingual Awareness Month

Childcare & Early Education

April 28, 2017

*** Want more information on raising multilingual children? Visit MomsRising's bilingual parenting resource site: http://action.momsrising.org/survey/bilingual_baby/?source=blog The child of immigrants, my father grew up in San Francisco Chinatown and attended schools that taught him in English...

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Deborah Kong

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Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

April 28, 2017

“Preschool helped all three of my children to sit, listen and learn in kindergarten! They learned about the joy of learning and were hungry for more! These programs helped them in their social skills which is another important part of learning! Because of these programs they are and were not afraid...

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