Childcare & Early Education

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

February 25, 2019

Today, the White House Council of Economic Advisors released a paper on work and the cost of child care. This is yet another example of the Trump Administration white-washing its record on supporting families’ access to affordable child care. During the 2016 presidential election, then candidate...

Katie Hamm

Childcare & Early Education Paid Family Leave Podcast Realistic & Fair Wages

February 25, 2019

We have an all new #Radioshow out this week where we cover the power of YOU! How YOU can help get the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights passed through Congress; tips for doing big things; how access to early learning & childcare is finally catching fire (thank goodness!); and how you can help...

Amber Dorsey

Childcare & Early Education MomsRising Social & Emotional Development

February 22, 2019

When President Barack Obama awarded Judge Patricia Wald the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013, he summed up her career this way: “Patricia McGowan Wald made history as the first woman appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Rising to Chief Judge of...

Marian Wright Edelman

Childcare & Early Education

February 18, 2019

Acabo de volver al trabajo después de tener a mi bebita, y al igual que muchos padres latinx, ¡tengo muchas preguntas! ¿Debo hablarle español a mi hija en casa? ¿Cómo evito que mi hija rechace nuestras tradiciones culturales? ¿Dónde puedo encontrar acceso a cuidado infantil de alta calidad...

Nina Perez

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

February 15, 2019

By Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA) If there’s one thing that voters across the country have made very clear, it’s that they want big, bold solutions to the serious challenges facing them and their families. While the wealthiest Americans and biggest...

U.S. Senator Patty Murray

Childcare & Early Education Immigration MomsRising Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

February 12, 2019

My heart sinks every time I watch the news or read my Twitter feed. How did we get here? Our country has become so polarized when it pertains to our immigration system that we have lost the ability to feel empathy for those who seek assistance. As a mental health professional, I am alarmed that our...

Lina Acosta Sandaal

Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy

February 8, 2019

“If the justice system does not change incarceration will continue to be as arbitrary as a game of eeny, meeny, miny, mo, with black kids and black men hoping to avoid being ‘IT.’” Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Mo is the title of this series of paintings by Nashville native Omari Booker, a visual artist who...

Marian Wright Edelman

Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy

February 1, 2019

In January 2014, the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice jointly released a ‘guidance package’ on school discipline to help schools and districts meet their responsibilities under federal civil rights law to use nondiscriminatory discipline practices. Years of data have shown children of...

Marian Wright Edelman

Childcare & Early Education Food! Immigration Politics & Policy Podcast

January 28, 2019

On the #RisersRadio show this week we cover the government shutdown, re-opening, and what’s happening next; we get the inside scoop from a structural engineer about the literal faults in Trump’s ridiculous wall; we hear the impact of using children’s access to healthy food as a political football;...

Amber Dorsey

Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

January 28, 2019

Beyond sharing the who, what, where, and when, explain why something happened and how big of a deal it is. This provides context and perspective. Also, tell kids a bit about how media functions, so they appreciate the relationship among news outlets, sponsors, and viewership. Take care when...