Each Child. Every Community.

Eva Hansen, president of the Partnership for Children of Cumberland County Inc., is profiled in Sunday's Fayetteville Observe in an article titled, "Eva Hansen champions children's causes." "She definitely has a passion for children," said Donna Mansfield, a stay-at-home mother...

Ashe County Partnership for Children is a 2010 recipient of a $20,000 Family Literacy grant through the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. Its program “Ashe Family Literacy” provides adult education, early childhood education for the children of the adult students,...

Listen to the story. ASHEVILLE, N. C. - North Carolina food banks say tough economic times are making support for local food pantries that much more important, and Congress is considering legislation that would give them an important financial boost....

Use this to find a play area near you. (You will be redirected to an outside website)

The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) is a national resource center focused on promoting the social-emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5. The CSEFEL pyramid is a conceptual framework...

The Economist has published a fascinating article on the origins of literacy. It discusses research by a  a cognitive neuroscientist that suggests because reading is a relatively new skill in human development, the brain has to unlearn older, more developed survival...

North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue visited the Stokes Partnership for Children on Wednesday, July 14th.  She sat in on a program developed by the partnership and the local YMCA to promote healthy choices. Y-Start teaches young children about the importance...

A report by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) released last year, ranks the U.S. the fourth worst in infant mortality rates among 30 member countries in the OECD.  The report also ranked the U.S.: 23rd in material well-being, 25th...

The Obama Administration's blueprint for revising the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) includes supporting early learning. The report begins with this quote: "It will be the goal of this administration to ensure that every child has access to a...

In addition to leading The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., Stephanie Fanjul is the new president of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Her first column in NAEYC's magazine, Young Children, looks at how progress in...