Insights

Millions of young children are disproportionately underserved, over-punished, and barred from high-quality education in American schools.

This research focuses on parents’ experiences raising children in a world steeped in online activity and connection.

Recent federal, state, and local policies and initiatives focus on increasing access to high-quality ECE for all families. Given the prevalence and potential importance of these initiatives for families and children, it is useful for the field to take stock of how access to ECE is conceptualized and measured and to understand the extent to which context, purposes, and available indicators shape the assessment of access.

Quality is key in early childhood education in Australia, but many early learning services aren’t meeting the standards required to have an impact.

New modelling by the Mitchell Institute has found that many families will be significantly financially worse off following the reintroduction of childcare fees for parents this week.

Despite considerable evidence pointing to the benefits of child care for women’s economic equality, for economic growth and for children’s development, many governments fail to recognize child care as a public good and adequately resource it.

A new report by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) offers suggestions for employers and the Government of Fiji to enhance support for working parents.

The Delhi government in India recently launched its preschool curriculum for the city’s 10,897 community-based preschool centers. The draft National Education Policy of India, made public in June 2019, dedicates its first chapter to the importance of early childhood care and education and the need to extend the right to education to every child who is three to six years old.