Childcare & Early Education

September 9, 2016

As a new school year begins, how do we teach Black and other non-White children and youths and all those who are poor or have special needs to ensure their successful readiness for the future? How do educators and all those with primary responsibilities for preparing children for the future understand that every child is sacred and deserves fair treatment? How do we create a pedagogy that respects the unique gifts of our diverse child population and nation of many colors and faiths and become a beacon for our multiracial multicultural world?

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Marian Wright Edelman

Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy

September 6, 2016

Violence is just one part of childhood trauma. So why are we focusing so much on childhood violence?

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Jane Stevens

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

September 2, 2016

The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) and AASA, The School Superintendents Association, have just released Happy, Healthy, and Ready to Learn: Insure All Children! a toolkit to help schools and districts connect children to health care coverage as part of routine school enrollment.

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Marian Wright Edelman

Childcare & Early Education MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

September 1, 2016

I’ve been living in the District for a few short weeks and I’ve already hit the ground running by visiting with local mayors to talk about early learning! As part of MomsRising’s Strong Start for Strong Cities initiative, my colleague and I stopped by city offices in Maryland and Virginia to show...

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Abbie Gately

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

August 31, 2016

August marks the 20th anniversary of welfare reform , which created the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. As part of welfare reform, Congress also made new investments in the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) recognizing that low-income mothers need help...

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Hannah Matthews

Childcare & Early Education MomsVote

August 28, 2016

I remember the day I realized I couldn’t afford the day care center I wanted. They had baby yoga and a curriculum I coveted. But the annual cost would have crippled our family. “The annual cost is more than your take home pay,” my husband said looking at the center’s application. The more...

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Katie Bugbee

Childcare & Early Education

August 19, 2016

As a new school year begins, parents, teachers and administrators are all thinking about how to make it the best year ever. One of the keys to student success sounds very simple but can make a profound difference: making sure every student is in school every day. This is not the case in many schools and school districts across the country. The Department of Education estimates that five to seven and a half million students miss 18 or more days of school each year, or nearly an entire month or more.

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Marian Wright Edelman

Childcare & Early Education MomsVote

August 18, 2016

Do you care about ALL children receiving a quality, affordable early learning experience? Me too! So lets vote on it this November.

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Elyssa Schmier

Childcare & Early Education

August 15, 2016

“We thought we were doing everything right,” said Jenny, a young mom and Fair Share supporter. “We thought we were so ahead of things, we had even started a college fund, but … no one told us what we needed was a child care savings fund!” While young parents like Jenny try to prepare for parenthood...

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Chloe Sasson

Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy

August 12, 2016

Do your children love the books on their summer reading lists? Are your children reading about diverse cultures and books that reflect their experience or history? Children of color are now a majority of all public school students and will soon be a majority of all children in America yet children’s books and the publishing industry have failed to keep up with the rainbow of our children’s faces and cultures and needs. Every summer our Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® curriculum is focused on a superb collection of diverse books that reflect children’s own images and a wide variety of cultures and experiences. For some children it’s the first time they’ve seen books with characters who look like them. For others the storylines draw them in, teach them about moments in history they may not have studied in school, and allow them to fall in love with reading in a way they’ve never experienced.

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Marian Wright Edelman