The evidence is clear, and the people agree: High quality early childhood education not only prepares children academically, socially and emotionally, it also protects our collective economic future.

If we truly care about our children, and if we want to create healthy families to build strong communities, then we must ...

With Katherine leading the way, Berkshire United Way will continue to do what we’ve done best for 100 years: understanding ...

The Berkshire United Way's Board of Directors has appointed Katherine von Haefen, the organization's director of community ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced an investment into early childhood learning and the workers who provide it, calling the financial support a "down payment." “This comes at a critical time ...

Opinion: By creating an early childhood endowment, Montana can be responsive to the ever-changing needs of families, the early care and education workforce, and our communities.

Investing in the workforce by attracting and retaining early childhood professionals through stipends, scholarships, and professional development builds a sustainable, high-quality early childhood ...

Dr. Nagel stresses the importance of early childhood investment, citing neuroscience and economics. With up to 90% of brain development by age three, early support yields a 13% annual return ...

In reality, however, the state cannot hold early childhood educators to higher standards while cutting their funding. Supporting early childhood educators makes financial sense for every Mainer.

An early childhood investment bundle would likely include universal screening and home visiting, early literacy, family and child preventive health and mental health care, early intervention ...

In recent years, a number of states have moved to consolidate disparately administered early childhood programs into a single agency to improve coordination of services and reduce administrative ...

The research proves a yield of up to 13% return on investment in early childhood programs, reducing the need for special education and remediation, better health outcomes, reduced need for social ...