Colorado Sun | Erica Breunlin “Younger students have to have parents get them signed back in, and then we repeat directions and have them sign in and out. So it’s frustrating for the kids. They get very upset if they think they’ve missed out. Sometimes it’s hard to get them back on task.” One of…
“If we close, you can’t go to work”: Colorado child care centers poised for a big infusion of state money
Colorado Sun | Jennifer Brown “Working women with children, disproportionately women of color, are leaving the workforce in droves due to demands placed on families during this pandemic.” New stimulus funding may soon be on its way to child care centers across Colorado, and the relief is much needed. Jennifer Brown of The Colorado Sun turns…
10 Ways to Support Children’s Emotional Well-Being During COVID-19
Child Trends | Jessica Dym Bartlett “Validating a child’s negative feelings and helping them regulate their response to those feelings through breathing, meditation, or other activities can also help protect them from the harm of stress.” In a new video, Child Trends mental health expert Jessica Dym Bartlett discusses 10 ways for parents and caregivers…
Adams County child care providers get $1 million in COVID relief
Chalkbeat Colorado | Sherkiya Wedgeworth-Hollowell “When COVID hit, we put together a child care response team as soon as it started,” Thompson said. “Parents who were essential workers needed child care to go to work. We thought we were going to have to tackle it, but the state did it for us.” To support its…
COVID Virtual Learning Offers Lessons on Promoting Equity in Early Care and Education Settings
Child Trends | Manica F. Ramos “Virtual learning offers a literal window into children’s home lives that is not available in center-based and school settings.” A new article from Child Trends explores the “case study” that virtual learning during COVID-19 has been these past several months. Ramos identifies valuable lessons about educator self-care, ways to…
After Flood of Concerns, Colorado State Board of Education Poised to Relax Deadline for Teacher Training on Reading
Chalkbeat Colorado | Ann Schimke “We want them to be able to do it in a way that they can enjoy doing it, embrace it, and actually make it their own… It really should be a great learning experience for teachers.” Responding to many obstacles created during the pandemic, Colorado’s State Board of Education will…
How an Oregon Measure for Universal Preschool Could Be a National Model
New York Times: The Upshot | Claire Cain Miller “[Early childhood care and education] is unaffordable for many families, yet teachers are underpaid. The solution…is to finance preschool with public funding instead of private tuition and to pay teachers much more.” Colorado’s Proposition EE was not the only ballot measure designed to improve the affordability of…
In State and Local Elections, Voters Chose Children and Families
New America | Abbie Lieberman A week after the election, New America looks at ballot measures across the U.S. that voters approved to support families and early childhood education systems. Read more from Colorado Sun.
With Decreased Enrollment and Higher Operating Costs, Child Care Is Hit Hard Amid COVID-19
Center for American Progress | Rasheed Malik Utilizing data from the COVID-19 EC Research Partnership’s provider survey, Rasheed Malik examines some of the most pressing issues that Colorado’s early childhood care and education industry is facing during and after the global pandemic. Read the analysis now.
Colorado’s Older Teachers Face a Crossroads: Risk Coronavirus or Retire?
Colorado Sun | Erica Breunlin “Every day, something new is getting piled on us,” said Holst, who is 52. “Teachers are going to have a breaking point.” Older members of Colorado’s education workforce, who are more susceptible to COVID-19, are approaching a difficult decision as more schools experience outbreaks this fall. Read more from The…
