The 74 Million describes a new Columbus school for refugee students - the Fugees Academy, a private school funded through the state’s voucher program. 

Originally published by the Century Foundation and posted here at “Ms. Magazine”, this article offers a good primer on how the Build Back Better Plan will lower the child care costs for most American families, improve educator wages, and improve the supply of high-quality care. (We also like how the author also uses this memorable metaphor for how longstanding these child care issues have been: “The pandemic tore the invisibility cloak off of the crisis that families have faced for decades...") 

CLASP provides a great resource in these state estimates for how much child care money would flow to states from the Build Back Better Act. Under these projections (note, the bill is not yet final) Ohio would receive $3.3 billion from FY 2022-24. Meanwhile, the Hunt Institute condensed highlights from the Build Back Better Act in this resource: Childcare and Prekindergarten in The Build Back Better Act: A Guide for Policymakers. 

Groundwork Ohio’s Shannon Jones penned an opinion piece for Dayton Daily News on why  “quality child-care is an essential investment in our children, families and economy.” 

This article by Bloomberg.com describes the unfortunate stigma of paternity leave - in light of the recent public conversation about Pete Buttigieg taking it - as well as the positive social and economic impacts it can generate. 

This article examines the growing need for more family-friendly housing options on higher education campuses. Underlying this need is that fact that many universities may not be keeping data on the number of student parents (to inform housing needs); the article says that Oregon was the first state to pass legislation so that student parents could be counted.   

USA Today interviews early childhood teachers and administrators at two different preschools – one in Brooklyn and another in Los Angeles – about their approach to anti-racism and culturally responsive classroom practices. On this topic, a book study of Don’t Look Away: Embracing Anti-Bias Classrooms was undertaken by educators from our partner school, the A. Sophie Rogers School for Early Learning, as well as the Ohio State Early Head Start Partnership Program, in collaboration with the book’s authors (Drs. Iheoma Iruka & Stephanie Curenton).

 

Early Learning Nation offers thoughtful insights from Canada’s vast child care investments, such as: “There is much more to be written about the strategies and tactics Canadian advocates and organizers have successfully used; one point I will home in on briefly is their highly effective messaging.” 

 

Applications for a Michigan program aiming to provide a $1,000 bonus to every full-time child care professional opened this week. Licensed child care providers can apply on behalf of their employees and child care professionals will receive bonuses through their employers. 

How much a child persists in completing a task can be influenced by parents’ (even well-meaning) interference, according to an abundance of research – the most recent of which was published this summer in the journal, Child Development. Early Learning Nation delineates the research and the near unequivocal conclusion to draw from it: “If you want to help a child develop more persistence, avoid taking over whenever you can.” 

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