The Hell (and Hope for) American Daycare: A National Economic Issue, Not Just a Women’s Issue

The Hell (and Hope for) American Daycare: A National Economic Issue, Not Just a Women’s Issue The above link takes you to a New America podcast that delves further into the dismal state of American child care and continues the conversation about potential strategies to improve our early education system more broadly.  Despite inadequacies, panelists […]

How to Make the U.S. a Better Place for Caregivers

How to Make the U.S. a Better Place for Caregivers The above-linked article by Anne-Marie Slaughter for the Atlantic on May 14, 2013 is a dead-on follow-up to the panel presentation I attended on Monday at The New America Foundation about the “hell of American daycare.”  Slaughter’s article brings to light “an inventory of strategies […]

Can Two-Generation Strategies Bolster Early Education and Workforce Participation?

Can Two-Generation Strategies Bolster Early Education and Workforce Participation? The above link provides an opportunity to view the live-streamed event that I attended yesterday at the New America Foundation which focused on the “hell of American daycare” and an examination of potential strategies to improve our early education system more broadly.  The conversation highlighted Jonathan […]

May 13th Conversation with Jonathan Cohn about the Hell of American Daycare

May 13th Conversation with Jonathan Cohn about the Hell of American Daycare  I In my April 15 blog, I informed my readers about Jonathan Cohn’s article in New Republic titled “The Hell of American Daycare.”  The article highlighted the tragic outcomes stemming from our inadequate, unequal, and largely unregulated child care system.   The above link provides […]