🚨🎢 ALL HANDS ON DECK! The #childcare cliff is looming: hear what these advocates and experts say we need to build better, more equitable systems. Register for this webinar we're cosponsoring with CGLR on 9/12 at 3pm ET:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wuqlb1AbR4SJiuxFJjtH8A#/registration

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The false dichotomy of free play and direct instruction is exploding at The Center for Playful Inquiry: Mark Swartz unpacks how their professional development work is helping teachers, caregivers and experts open up play--in themselves, and in kids:

https://earlylearningnation.com/2023/09/inspiring-educators-with-no-borders-between-play-and-learning-at-the-center-for-playful-inquiry/

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State-level percentage declines in preschool enrollment from 2019 to 2021 ranged from 3.6 points in Indiana to 19.0 points in New Hampshire. California saw among the largest drops (13.9 points).

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/08/preschool-enrollment.html

Image: Figure from U.S. Census Bureau, map showing percentage change in preschool enrollment by state, data available at link above.

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🍎📉Preschool enrollment from 2019 to 2021 was at its LOWEST since 2005, when the Census Bureau began collecting these data, according to a new report.

The drop coincides with the COVID-19 pandemic, when many schools closed for public health and safety concerns. 🧵
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/08/preschool-enrollment.html

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State-level percentage declines in preschool enrollment from 2019 to 2021 ranged from 3.6 points in Indiana to 19.0 points in New Hampshire. California saw among the largest drops (13.9 points).

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/08/preschool-enrollment.html

Image: Figure from U.S. Census Bureau, map showing percentage change in preschool enrollment by state, data available at link above.

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"This is parenting in 2023. This is #childcare in the age of #climatechange disasters. The tragedy in Maui raises a further question for not only our local, state, and government officials, but for all of us: With parents clearly unable to shield their children from the ever-expanding list of climate threats on their own, how can we rebuild our systems to promote young children’s safety, health and well-being?"
https://earlylearningnation.com/2023/08/the-lahaina-fires-illuminate-our-immense-unpreparedness-of-weather-related-disasters/

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Screen time for your kids: It vexes and haunts you, but it also supports and educates. What's a parent to do? Check out these takeaways from The Hunt Institute's webinar featuring experts from Education Development Center, Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development, and Center to Support Excellence in Teaching, CSET.

https://earlylearningnation.com/.../5-top-takeaways-from.../

With shoutouts to American Academy of Pediatrics, Common Sense Media, PBS KIDS and more. #earlylearning #earlychildhood #ECE

Build with, not for. The Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care's deep-dive collaboration with parents, families, experts and more has resulted in a groundbreaking new #earlylearning system. Learn how--and why-- with Mark Swartz:

https://earlylearningnation.com/2023/08/what-brings-your-child-joy-how-oregon-is-reinventing-the-kindergarten-transition/

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Making the case that under-3 kids need high quality care, this new study out of the Early Childhood Education Institute at OU-Tulsa broke ground by tracking kids from infancy to elementary school. @brycecovert reports:

https://earlylearningnation.com/2023/08/gold-standard-study-finds-high-quality-care-is-important-in-infancy/

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When the pandemic hit, the fissures in #childcare systems were cracked wide open. The expertise of #ECE practitioners continues to save us all, and this recent webinar from the Bipartisan Policy Center, Children's Equity Project and Start Early shares valuable insights:

https://earlylearningnation.com/2023/08/5-top-takeaways-child-care-lessons-learned-from-the-pandemic/

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A shock to an economy often has gendered effects: a new study from Anamika Sen (incoming, Bates College; PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst) looks at how trends after the Great Recession disproportionately hurt women.

https://earlylearningnation.com/2023/08/new-research-examines-how-austerity-following-the-great-recession-widened-the-child-care-gender-gap/

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A dangerous #childcare cliff looms in Virginia, and many other parts of the country. Rebecca Gale reports: https://earlylearningnation.com/2023/08/american-rescue-plan-act-funds-are-on-the-way-to-help-child-care-providers-but-will-it-be-enough/

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For too long, cities have been designed by and for a small segment of the population. Ready to have your mind blown with what a child-friendly city *could* be? Check out Mark Swartz's interview with Tim Gill & Ankita Chachra:

https://earlylearningnation.com/2023/08/tim-gill-and-ankita-chachra-discuss-how-and-why-cities-of-the-future-can-work-better-for-children/

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We're seeing trends of free #childcare happening in many states and localities across the country. Yay! But, Elliot Haspel asks, free for whom? And why not for everyone?

https://earlylearningnation.com/2023/08/child-care-is-now-free-for-some-families-which-raises-some-questions/

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Democratizing brain science and getting best practices in the kids' spaces that need them: Jesse Ilhardt is on a mission with VOCEL, and they've only just begun.

https://earlylearningnation.com/2023/07/can-play-level-the-playing-field-in-chicago-how-vocel-is-shifting-strategy-to-magnify-impact/

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The most perfect kind of storm: a budget surplus, plus years of organizing and action. Minnesota is about to implement some incredible childhood initiatives-- learn all about in Rebecca Gale's latest:

https://earlylearningnation.com/2023/07/minnesota-makes-major-strides-on-behalf-of-children-and-families/

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In the US, play is often separated from learning in artificial ways. Learn how Carnegie Mellon's Children's School turns that practice on its head, with Mr. Rogers in mind:

https://earlylearningnation.com/2023/07/the-childrens-school-in-pittsburgh-where-its-hard-to-tell-play-learning-and-work-apart/

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“We have a system that is so barbaric that we expect parents not to eat in order to provide for the basic needs of their children.” - Joanne Samuel Goldblum of the National Diaper Bank Network to journalist Bryce Covert

https://earlylearningnation.com/2023/07/nearly-half-of-american-families-struggle-to-afford-diapers/

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Hello, Mastodon! Our #introduction: We're an independent magazine devoted to all things #ECE / #earlychildhood / #earlylearning. We publish several times a week, and are always looking for good research, good policy and best practices. Looking forward to diving into the conversations here!

Quebec parents desperate as daycare waitlist grows | CTV News

>Despite repeated promises to open more daycare spots, many #Quebec families are still struggling to find accommodations for their young children.

>"I've been crying so often because of all the anxiety that this has brought me. I could lose my job if I don't go back to work as of September," Maggie Lanteigne told CTV News. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/this-baby-has-been-on-que-s-daycare-waitlist-since-he-was-an-embryo-and-he-s-not-alone-1.6472779 #Canada #daycare #preschool #childcare #children #earlylearning