Children’s Advocacy Day

Action for Children NC, the Covenant with North Carolina's Children, the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., NC MomsRising, the NC Pediatric Society, the Child Care Coalition and others will join forces for a day of educating the General...

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Smart Start and More at Four Needed to Reduce Dropout Rate

Increase investments in early education, says a group of more than 80 leading business people, educators and elected officials who participated in a year-long study group organized by the Public School Forum of North Carolina. Study group members were...

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Impact of President's Budget on Children

Following last week’s release of President Obama's fiscal year 2012 budget, First Focus issued a new series of fact sheets that detail the impact of the spending proposal on children and families. Child Health Child Nutrition Early Childhood K-12 Education Income Support Child Housing Child Welfare

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An Interview with Dr. Olson Huff

This weekend on News & Views, Dr. Olson Huff, board chair of The North Carolina Partnership for Children, talks about the importance of early childhood investments. To hear a preview of Dr. Huff’s radio interview with Chris Fitzsimon, click below: UPDATE:...

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Report Shows Declining Fortunes of Children in Middle-Class Families

America’s middle-class children have been steadily falling further behind their more privileged peers for the past quarter century – but the worst of the fallout has been held in check by essential policies and programs that could be unraveled,...

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School Readiness Begins in Infancy

Abstact exerpted from Phi Delta Kappan: New discoveries in neuroscience suggest that school readiness interventions might come too late if they start after the child is three years old. Many of the skills needed to succeed in school are shaped...

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Stop Investing in Stadiums…Start Investing in Kids

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland has posted a fantastic interview with Art Rolnick, an economist and former research director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. He talk about how he came to write a report with Rob Grunewald about economics...

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Some Things to Celebrate

While the year has been difficult and the road ahead will be challenging, Zero to Three reminds us that there were some policy improvements for infants and toddlers in 2010. Download Improvements in Infant-Toddler Policy: Top 10 Policy Achievements of 2010.

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NC Children Shouldering the Budget Crisis?

Sharing this cartoon that we received . . .  2010,the red broom co.

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Education Reform that Works: Early Childhood Education

"There’s an education reform strategy that has 50 years of solid research behind it, with proven results that demonstrate how to improve student achievement. It’s a solution backed by both political parties to help narrow the achievement gap, increase...

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