Early Years Progress Initiative
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Advocating for young children and educators in the fight for accessible, equitable, and culturally responsive preschool and child care.
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We need your voice — call your Members of Congress today! Emails are not getting through to those who need to hear from you. Take action: thinkbabies.org/medicaid
February 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We need your voice — call your Members of Congress today! Emails are not getting through to those who need to hear from you. Take action: thinkbabies.org/medicaid
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Voters from both parties *overwhelmingly* wanted to hear a plan to reduce child care costs during the 2024 election. Harris had one (cap at 7% of income). We never heard a clear plan from Trump, Vance or Congressional Republicans. 19thnews.org/2024/09/vanc...
February 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Voters from both parties *overwhelmingly* wanted to hear a plan to reduce child care costs during the 2024 election. Harris had one (cap at 7% of income). We never heard a clear plan from Trump, Vance or Congressional Republicans. 19thnews.org/2024/09/vanc...
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“Decisions about us cannot be made without us.”
- DéJon Banks, Sr., Parent Leader with UPLAN.
In our latest blog, parent leaders share how policymakers can improve child care by listening to those directly impacted - using existing $$ and guidance. www.clasp.org/blog/communi...
- DéJon Banks, Sr., Parent Leader with UPLAN.
In our latest blog, parent leaders share how policymakers can improve child care by listening to those directly impacted - using existing $$ and guidance. www.clasp.org/blog/communi...
Parent and Provider Experience Should Inform Child Care Policy | CLASP
Effective child care policies require parents and providers at the table. States can and should use federal funds to promote equitable community engagement.
www.clasp.org
February 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“Decisions about us cannot be made without us.”
- DéJon Banks, Sr., Parent Leader with UPLAN.
In our latest blog, parent leaders share how policymakers can improve child care by listening to those directly impacted - using existing $$ and guidance. www.clasp.org/blog/communi...
- DéJon Banks, Sr., Parent Leader with UPLAN.
In our latest blog, parent leaders share how policymakers can improve child care by listening to those directly impacted - using existing $$ and guidance. www.clasp.org/blog/communi...
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A venture capital-backed chain that clearly expanded too quickly and got overleveraged... this is the systemic risk of letting unfettered profit-maximizing behavior run rampant in child care. Our children, parents, and early educators deserve guardrails.
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Guidepost Montessori closing Colorado locations, sending families scrambling
With child care options already highly competitive, Guidepost Montessori announced it is closing its five Colorado locations in the coming weeks because of financial challenges.
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February 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A venture capital-backed chain that clearly expanded too quickly and got overleveraged... this is the systemic risk of letting unfettered profit-maximizing behavior run rampant in child care. Our children, parents, and early educators deserve guardrails.
www.denver7.com/lifestyle/ed...
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Attacks on the Department of Education—the smallest cabinet-level agency—threaten equal access to education for our youngest learners, including:
🍎 1.5M preschool students via Title 1
♿ 500K+ preschoolers & 400K infants/toddlers with disabilities
🏛️ Head Start programs & inter-agency partnerships
🍎 1.5M preschool students via Title 1
♿ 500K+ preschoolers & 400K infants/toddlers with disabilities
🏛️ Head Start programs & inter-agency partnerships
How the U.S. Department of Education Serves Our Youngest Learners
Americans have come to value the role education plays in supporting families by giving children the opportunity to build a good life. No matter where you
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February 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Attacks on the Department of Education—the smallest cabinet-level agency—threaten equal access to education for our youngest learners, including:
🍎 1.5M preschool students via Title 1
♿ 500K+ preschoolers & 400K infants/toddlers with disabilities
🏛️ Head Start programs & inter-agency partnerships
🍎 1.5M preschool students via Title 1
♿ 500K+ preschoolers & 400K infants/toddlers with disabilities
🏛️ Head Start programs & inter-agency partnerships
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"Everybody's nervous...Head Start serves the lowest-income families. What else is there?" Tucker said. "Parents need to drop their kids off to go to work. If there's nowhere...to go, they can't go to work or pay their bills. It's just a snowball effect."
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Head Start child-care centers face pay delays after Trump's federal funding freeze
Dozens of Head Start programs nationwide — including at least six in California — have experienced delays in accessing government money for payroll and expenses in the week since the
www.union-bulletin.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"Everybody's nervous...Head Start serves the lowest-income families. What else is there?" Tucker said. "Parents need to drop their kids off to go to work. If there's nowhere...to go, they can't go to work or pay their bills. It's just a snowball effect."
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☀️Today's a great day to jump-start you feed. Follow the most comprehensive list of education writers, editors and publications.
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February 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
☀️Today's a great day to jump-start you feed. Follow the most comprehensive list of education writers, editors and publications.
💡Bonus points: Share this list with your friends and colleagues.
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💡Bonus points: Share this list with your friends and colleagues.
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"When you play unnecessary games with trillions of dollars in federal funding that millions of people depend on, real people suffer."
@kcpeeks.bsky.social discusses Head Start's funding freeze:
@kcpeeks.bsky.social discusses Head Start's funding freeze:
Head Start funding freeze: The panic was the point • Wisconsin Examiner
Head Start centers in Wisconsin closed their doors after the Trump administration froze funding, throwing families into chaos
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February 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"When you play unnecessary games with trillions of dollars in federal funding that millions of people depend on, real people suffer."
@kcpeeks.bsky.social discusses Head Start's funding freeze:
@kcpeeks.bsky.social discusses Head Start's funding freeze:
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America relies on immigrants for critical child care roles: 1 in 5 child care workers is an immigrant. In recent weeks, providers have told me that some of those teachers are too scared to come to work, and children are staying home, due to fears around raids:
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New immigration policy could devastate America’s fragile child care system
Trump’s deportation threats are already affecting child care workers and the children in their care. The child care industry relies heavily on immigrants.
hechingerreport.org
February 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
America relies on immigrants for critical child care roles: 1 in 5 child care workers is an immigrant. In recent weeks, providers have told me that some of those teachers are too scared to come to work, and children are staying home, due to fears around raids:
hechingerreport.org/1-in-5-child...
hechingerreport.org/1-in-5-child...
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Still Locked Out of Federal Funding, Several Head Start Preschools May Need to Close Temporarily: Leaders of dozens of Head Start preschools said they might need to close temporarily because they remain locked out of their federal funding, a problem that first surfaced last week during President…
Still Locked Out of Federal Funding, Several Head Start Preschools May Need to Close Temporarily
Leaders of dozens of Head Start preschools said they might need to close temporarily because they remain locked out of their federal funding, a problem that first surfaced last week during President Donald Trump’s aborted effort to freeze federal grants
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February 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Still Locked Out of Federal Funding, Several Head Start Preschools May Need to Close Temporarily: Leaders of dozens of Head Start preschools said they might need to close temporarily because they remain locked out of their federal funding, a problem that first surfaced last week during President…
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nativist populism, except it's the world's richest man, a foreigner, unconstitutionally witholding congressionally appropriated funds for American preschoolers
February 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
nativist populism, except it's the world's richest man, a foreigner, unconstitutionally witholding congressionally appropriated funds for American preschoolers
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A good time to remind you all that immigrant women make up almost 25% of the childcare workforce across the country! And a large number of them provide family based care...(cont)
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Several Minnesota restaurants and day cares close Monday to protest Trump immigration actions
The movement calls for businesses to stay closed for the day to stand in solidarity with immigrants and immigrant workers.
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February 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A good time to remind you all that immigrant women make up almost 25% of the childcare workforce across the country! And a large number of them provide family based care...(cont)
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The L.A. fires forced hundreds of providers to shut down, upending an already fragile child care system. Here’s how that’s impacting scores of families who are suddenly in need of alternative care. www.latimes.com/california/s...
L.A. fires upend fragile child-care industry, sending providers, families scrambling
More than 300 child-care facilities are closed amid the L.A. fires, sending thousands of families scrambling to find care.
www.latimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The L.A. fires forced hundreds of providers to shut down, upending an already fragile child care system. Here’s how that’s impacting scores of families who are suddenly in need of alternative care. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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HUGE thanks to @allie-schneider.bsky.social for leading on this project and its update! A huge undertaking & it turned out great! 👏👏
Read more → www.americanprogress.org/article/a-20...
Read more → www.americanprogress.org/article/a-20...
A 2024 Review of Child Care and Early Learning in the United States
Updated data on child care and early learning in the United States illustrate the urgent need for holistic public policymaking and robust investments that support young children, families, and early e...
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January 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
HUGE thanks to @allie-schneider.bsky.social for leading on this project and its update! A huge undertaking & it turned out great! 👏👏
Read more → www.americanprogress.org/article/a-20...
Read more → www.americanprogress.org/article/a-20...
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Learn from @newamerica.org and #BetterLifeLab how a new Head Start center in East Dayton is breaking cycles of poverty and paving the way for stronger democratic participation.
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Transforming Lives with Child Care and Community Engagement: A Two-Generation Approach
How a new Head Start facility in East Dayton has the power to be transformative for a struggling community.
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January 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Learn from @newamerica.org and #BetterLifeLab how a new Head Start center in East Dayton is breaking cycles of poverty and paving the way for stronger democratic participation.
www.newamerica.org/better-life-...
www.newamerica.org/better-life-...
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They don’t actually care about doing pro-family policy, so instead they’re just going to penalize families and single people who live in the wrong places
NEW: Yesterday, the Department of Transportation issued a memo that says DOT and DOT-supported programs should "give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average." www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...
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January 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
They don’t actually care about doing pro-family policy, so instead they’re just going to penalize families and single people who live in the wrong places
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President Donald Trump has directed the federal government to begin a campaign to monitor and influence K-12 curriculum — a move that former Education Department staff describe as unprecedented interference into the country’s education system.
‘Patriotic education’: Trump orders federal push to monitor K-12 curriculum
Former Education Department staff describe the move as unprecedented interference into the country’s education system.
19thnews.org
January 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
President Donald Trump has directed the federal government to begin a campaign to monitor and influence K-12 curriculum — a move that former Education Department staff describe as unprecedented interference into the country’s education system.
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School choice is an attack on our rural public schools. Come to the NPE conference and find out how & why:https://networkforpubliceducation.org/2025-national-conference/ @dianeravitch.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social networkforpubliceducation.org/2025-nationa...
January 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
School choice is an attack on our rural public schools. Come to the NPE conference and find out how & why:https://networkforpubliceducation.org/2025-national-conference/ @dianeravitch.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social networkforpubliceducation.org/2025-nationa...
This report from @childrensequity.bsky.social clearly lays out the detrimental impacts the withdrawal of federal funding would have at all levels of education from child care, to K-12.
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The Children's Equity Project on LinkedIn: #newreport #opportunity #children #families #educators #headstart #earlyed…
Earlier this month, the CEP published a #newreport outlining the devastating impacts of cutting or eliminating federal programs intended to advance child…
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January 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This report from @childrensequity.bsky.social clearly lays out the detrimental impacts the withdrawal of federal funding would have at all levels of education from child care, to K-12.
www.linkedin.com/posts/childr...
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With federal child care funding coming under fire, including Head Start, it’s important to stay up to date and take action.
Join NHSA’s Head Start Advocacy Network for updates and action steps you can take in support of Head Start programs.
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Join NHSA’s Head Start Advocacy Network for updates and action steps you can take in support of Head Start programs.
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Join NHSA's Head Start Advocacy Network
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January 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
With federal child care funding coming under fire, including Head Start, it’s important to stay up to date and take action.
Join NHSA’s Head Start Advocacy Network for updates and action steps you can take in support of Head Start programs.
nhsa.org/advocacy/sub...
Join NHSA’s Head Start Advocacy Network for updates and action steps you can take in support of Head Start programs.
nhsa.org/advocacy/sub...
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If Trump doesn't reverse course, millions could lose healthcare, food assistance, childcare, and even emergency services.
We've heard reports of Medicaid portals being shut down and childcare funds being frozen. Trump is steering the US into a disaster of his own making.
We've heard reports of Medicaid portals being shut down and childcare funds being frozen. Trump is steering the US into a disaster of his own making.
January 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If Trump doesn't reverse course, millions could lose healthcare, food assistance, childcare, and even emergency services.
We've heard reports of Medicaid portals being shut down and childcare funds being frozen. Trump is steering the US into a disaster of his own making.
We've heard reports of Medicaid portals being shut down and childcare funds being frozen. Trump is steering the US into a disaster of his own making.
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The National Head Start Association sounds the alarm on Trump Admin's Federal Grant Freeze:
"At worst, this means that hundreds of thousands of families will not be able to depend on the critical services and likely will not be able to work."
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"At worst, this means that hundreds of thousands of families will not be able to depend on the critical services and likely will not be able to work."
nhsa.org/press_release/fede...
Federal Grant Freeze Puts Head Start Children and Families at Risk Nationwide
Washington, D.C.—Last night, the Trump administration released a memo that temporarily paused all federal grants and loan disbursements. It has sparked major confusion across the entire federal government, and created panic among Head Start grant rec
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January 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The National Head Start Association sounds the alarm on Trump Admin's Federal Grant Freeze:
"At worst, this means that hundreds of thousands of families will not be able to depend on the critical services and likely will not be able to work."
nhsa.org/press_release/fede...
"At worst, this means that hundreds of thousands of families will not be able to depend on the critical services and likely will not be able to work."
nhsa.org/press_release/fede...
This pause will be devastating for many, but particularly for early ed and child care providers who receive Head Start grants and federal Child Care funding.
There is already not enough affordable child care in this country… why threaten what we do have?
www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/p...
There is already not enough affordable child care in this country… why threaten what we do have?
www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/p...
All federal grants and loan disbursement paused by White House | CNN Politics
The White House budget office has ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans, according to an internal memorandum sent Monday.
www.cnn.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This pause will be devastating for many, but particularly for early ed and child care providers who receive Head Start grants and federal Child Care funding.
There is already not enough affordable child care in this country… why threaten what we do have?
www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/p...
There is already not enough affordable child care in this country… why threaten what we do have?
www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/p...
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My first brief for Child Care Stories argues that turning child care into a benefit of employment could derail systemic solutions for decades to come in favor of a cheap, palatable fix that shifts the burden of action from government back to individuals.
www.childcarestories.org/resources/ro...
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September 23, 2024 at 7:28 PM
My first brief for Child Care Stories argues that turning child care into a benefit of employment could derail systemic solutions for decades to come in favor of a cheap, palatable fix that shifts the burden of action from government back to individuals.
www.childcarestories.org/resources/ro...
www.childcarestories.org/resources/ro...