Early Care and Education for All: Jesse Helms and the Dung of the Devil

Early Care and Education for All: Jesse Helms and the Dung of the Devil

“Just in case you hadn’t seen this,” a friend wrote, passing along the latest piece by Greg Sargent at the Washington Post. “The next big liberal cause,” he ...
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Being Black is Still A Risk Factor in 2015

Being Black is Still A Risk Factor in 2015

June 17th was the darkest of nights. A white man slaughtered nine black people during worship. Our nation’s soul is sick, threatened by an ancient malignancy. We continue ...
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Big Data and Little Kids: In Whose Best Interest?

Big Data and Little Kids: In Whose Best Interest?

Americans love data. We cannot get enough of it. Collectors on speed, we measure every indicator in sight. Children are the youngest, most fragile casualties of our obsessive ...
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Finding the Common Core of Expertise: Where are the Early Childhood Educators?

Finding the Common Core of Expertise: Where are the Early Childhood Educators?

Earlier this year, Robert Pondiscio, a policy pundit at the Fordham Institute, took to his “Common Core” blog and blasted Reading in Kindergarten: Little to Gain and Much ...
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Takaharu Tezuka on the Benefits of Living Dangerously in Kindergarten

Takaharu Tezuka on the Benefits of Living Dangerously in Kindergarten

Ruby Takanishi, who presided over the Foundation for Child Development for many years, sends me small gifts. In a recent email with the subject line “Favorites,” I clicked ...
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Gimme Shelter for NYC's Babies

Gimme Shelter for NYC’s Babies

Not too long ago, I read a piece at the Huffington Post with this title: “Cost of Military Jet Could House Every Homeless Person in U.S. with $600,000 ...
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