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Interactive, creative play is an important aspect of early development. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/Shutterstock.com By Jen Neitzel and Ebonyse Mead, Research Features, March 13, 2023 In recent years we have witnessed debates that all children, regardless of their background, should be entitled to equal opportunities in education, and that early educators have a responsibility to encourage this. The message that educators must be critical of their received opinions and reflective of their practice...

Young children in a classroom leased by Head Start at Frederick Community College in Frederick, Md. (Maansi Srivastava for The Washington Post) By the Editorial Board, The Washington Post, March 14, 2023 There’s nothing like a good match, and a partnership announced this week between the National Head Start Association and the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) to put more Head Start facilities on community college campuses sets up a perfect couple. Just look at the numbers to...

Good evening everyone: I have recently published my third book. This one is a novel but still trauma related as the two non fiction books were. Incase anyone is interested, it is on Amazon and I am adding the link. Thanks and be well. Susan Pollard https://www.amazon.com/Cry-Children-Novel/dp/B0BW3HQXXQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=PQG3VV2TW9O9&keywords=susan+pollard&qid=1679179384&s=books&sprefix=susan+pollard%2Cstripbooks%2C199&sr=1-1

Mayor Karen Bass, left, chats with Jawonna Smith, 33, who had been living in a tent on a sidewalk behind the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. She was moved indoors as part of the Inside Safe program.(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) By David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, March 15, 2023 Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said Wednesday that she expects the city will have housed more than 4,000 homeless Angelenos by the time she reaches her 100th day in office. Bass, appearing with her team at a...

By Jennifer Sherer and Nina Mist, Image: Screenshot from article, Economic Policy Institute, March 14, 2023 What this report finds: States across the country are attempting to weaken child labor protections, just as violations of these standards are rising. This report identifies bills weakening child labor standards in 10 states that have been introduced or passed in the past two years alone. It provides background on child labor standards and the coordinated push to weaken them, discusses...

Gov. Tim Walz signs an executive order protecting trans youth from around the country seeking gender-affirming care. Behind Walz in a pink jacket is Rep. Leigh Finke (DFL), who has introduced legislation on the matter. By Farrah Mina, The Imprint, March 8, 2023 Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (DFL) signed an executive order today making his state a refuge for trans youth from across the country who require gender-affirming health care. The order directs state agencies to protect transgender people,...

Because of a collaboration with Columbia University and UW-Madison, we have answers to these questions. By Peter Peter Pecora, Casey Family Programs, March 17, 2023 - Overview The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recently released a “ roadmap ” to reduce child poverty by as much as half through the implementation of a series of social policy packages. The aim of this study was to simulate the reductions in Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement and foster care placements that are...

A bed in the neonatal intensive care unit at Broward Health in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Far more American women deliver their babies prematurely than any other Western country, leading to maternal and infant deaths, billions of dollars of intensive care, and lifelong disabilities for the children who survive. (DIANA DWYER/BROWARD HEALTH) By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News (KHN), March 16, 2023 Tamara Etienne’s second pregnancy was freighted with risk and worry from its earliest days —...

Kela Abernathy holds her son, Kaleb, born prematurely, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Among women of reproductive age in high-income countries, rates of death from avoidable causes, including pregnancy-related complications, are highest in the United States. Photo: Andrea Morales via Redux/New York Times By Munira Z. Gunja, Shanoor Seervai, Laurie Zephyrin, and Reginald D. Williams II, The Commonwealth Fund, April 5, 2022 Introduction The maternal mortality crisis in...

By Jacqueline Howard, Image: Screenshot from article, CNN Health, March 16, 2023 As women continue to die due to pregnancy or childbirth each year in the United States, new federal data shows that the nation’s maternal death rate rose significantly yet again in 2021, with the rates among Black women more than twice as high as those of White women. Experts said the United States’ ongoing maternal mortality crisis was compounded by Covid-19, which led to a “dramatic” increase in deaths. The...

A pregnant and intubated COVID-19 patient lies in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit in a hospital in Boise, Idaho, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. More than 1,200 U.S. women died in 2021 during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, according to a final tally released Thursday, March 16, 2023, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. COVID-19 can be particularly dangerous to pregnant women, and experts believe it was the main reason for the 2021 spike. (AP Photo/Kyle Green) By Mike...

A mother holds her child in her apartment in Redding on Sept. 20, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local By Indira D'Souza, Cal Matters, March 15, 2023 Addressing racial and economic inequality in California requires policies that improve the material circumstances of those groups in our society who face the greatest hardship. One such group is women of color, and one such policy would be the introduction of universal health care coverage. The experiences of women of...