We've been working with @HomeGrownOrg on the @thrivingproproj, the first direct cash transfer program in the U.S. to focus exclusively on home-based child care providers. Read more here: stanford.io/3DNtquv
One of the most maddening things about U.S. family policy is that both sides agree new parents should have time with their babies, yet we can't even agree on 6 weeks of paid family leave, much less 6 months.
I'm also tired of talking about child care policy w/o talking about PFL
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Awesome article about the Thriving Providers Project @HomeGrownOrg!!! I am so honored to work with the amazing women referenced throughout in our community-based evaluation work @Stanford_CEC
The Review of Research Award goes to Katherine M. Zinsser @SETLLab, Elyse Shenberger, Valisha Jackson (@UICPsychology), and @CallieSilver (@Stanford_CEC) for their article in @RERjournal_AERA about how early childhood exclusion is defined and assessed in the academic literature.
It is launch day!
readychild.org/
Our website provides #families & #eceteachers the resources to work together to identify each child's unique strengths and build on them as they prepare them for #kindergarten.
All of our resources are open-access & free!
We really need to start talking about public child care spending as an investment that MAKES money for states -- to say nothing of the increases in child & family flourishing, community health, and freedom. Check out these figures from Utah!
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The science is clear: Infant-toddler teachers are brain builders, not babysitters. The sooner public policy, training, and compensation catch up with this truth the better.
TOMORROW! Join us virtually for "New Pathways for Equity and Impact in Early Childhood," and learn with us from a great line up of experts across many sectors. It's a full day—drop in for all or part. 1/9 🧵⬇️ acceleratelearning.stanford.…
@StanfordEd is hiring an Early to Mid-Career Faculty Position in Early Childhood who will also contribute to a new Stanford Center on Early Childhood. Come work with me, @PhilFisher99 and our amazing colleagues at earlychildhood.stanford.edu/
Apply at: facultypositions.stanford.ed…
To both candidates: given your responses to the question about roe v wade being overturned, how do you plan to protect the lives and wellbeing of children once they’re born? #utdebates
Today’s @washingtonpost editorial on the #childcare crisis includes this sad factoid from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: America’s child care professionals make, on average, 59 cents less per hour than its DOG WALKERS. Let that sink in.