Childcare & Early Education

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

October 16, 2013

As an assistant Head Start teacher, I see the impact of the program every day. Our program in Chicago has children who would continue to have rotting teeth and no childhood immunizations without the support and requirements of the program. Children who are non-communicative, developmentally delayed...

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Marianne Flanagan

Families & The Federal Budget Childcare & Early Education

October 15, 2013

I've been furloughed from the CDC in Atlanta; there are thousands of us here. We are anxious to get back to work. We work on strategies to reduce chronic illness like heart disease and diabetes and we are not allowed to work. It doesn’t make sense that this Congress is holding us hostage. My family...

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Loren Cadena

Childcare & Early Education

October 11, 2013

The shutdown of the federal government is disastrous for millions of women, families, and households across America. A few examples: Almost 9 million mothers and children under five lost their vouchers for food, baby formula, and breastfeeding support under the Special Supplemental Nutrition...

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Valerie Young

Childcare & Early Education

October 7, 2013

Fall marks the beginning of football season, and fans come together to enjoy the thrill of watching their favorite teams battle it out on the field. There is no more popular sport in America, consistently the highest-rated on television and the first thing many of us look for in our local paper...

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Nancy Correa

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

September 25, 2013

Last week Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) introduced the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, S. 1533. It might not seem obvious, but Sen. Levin’s bill, which would close corporate tax loopholes and eliminate incentives for shipping jobs and profits overseas, would be a HUGE help for families and children in America...

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Margarida Jorge

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Food!

September 22, 2013

Officially, the Great Recession ended in 2009. But after three years of “recovery,” there were 6.7 million more people living in poverty than in 2008, a recession year. We’ve been stuck with 15 percent of our people in poverty for three years. In the 2008 recession year, 13.2 percent were poor...

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Debbie Weinstein

Childcare & Early Education MomsVote

September 21, 2013

Dear President Obama, You must read Professor Diane Ravitch's latest book, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools . You won't like it. No one likes reading about their failures. And that's exactly WHY you should read it. Your legacy is at...

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Cynthia Liu

Childcare & Early Education MomsVote Politics & Policy

September 21, 2013

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Cynthia Liu

Childcare & Early Education

September 18, 2013

Since the early part of the decade, the number of young children – those from birth to 5 years of age – living in poverty in the United States has been climbing. While that number held steady in 2012, according to data released today from the U.S. Census, the poverty report is far from good news...

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Hannah Matthews

Childcare & Early Education

September 4, 2013

The good news is that this summer, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle came together to pass legislation that lowers rates for students borrowing to pay for college this year. The bad news? The legislation will increase the cost of higher education for college students in the future . Back on...

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