by Prosper Lincoln | Dec 27, 2019 | Early Childhood, News
When leaders at the Oakland (California) Public Library’s Melrose branch realized that they weren’t drawing a good crowd to their traditional story times—even though the sessions featured some dynamic children’s librarians—they decided they needed to try a different...
by Prosper Lincoln | Dec 27, 2019 | News
Recent advances in the science of brain development offer us an unprecedented opportunity to solve some of society’s most challenging problems, from widening disparities in school achievement and economic productivity to costly health problems across the lifespan....
by Prosper Lincoln | Dec 27, 2019 | Early Childhood, News
In Wichita, Kansas, single mother Tiffany McNitt sometimes cries after dropping her kids, aged 2 and 3, at their babysitter’s house on her way to work. It’s not just that she’ll miss them—she worries her children aren’t learning anything and are already falling...
by Prosper Lincoln | Dec 27, 2019 | Early Childhood, News
Last spring, after a classroom discussion on the importance of reading, East High senior Chantel Bade mentioned that she’d like to keep a supply of books at the trailer court her dad manages. That thoughtful idea blossomed into a school-wide effort to build and...
by Prosper Lincoln | Dec 27, 2019 | Early Childhood, News
Learning doesn’t start on the first day of Kindergarten, so why wait until then to start a child’s education? Families in the South of Downtown neighborhood had a chance to kick-start their preschool-aged children’s education at an Early Childhood Fair at Everett...
