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Vice President Kamala Harris and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona visit a classroom on March 26, 2021, at the West Haven Child Development Center in West Haven Connecticut.
Credit: Lawrence Jackson/Official White House Photo
Vice President Kamala Harris and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona visit a classroom on March 26, 2021, at the West Haven Child Development Center in West Haven Connecticut.
April 28, 2021
President Joe Biden’s relief plan for families, which he rolled out in Wednesday’s address to a joint session of Congress, may well be a transformative move for children, early childhood advocates say, taking a historic step toward establishing a seamless system of early education and care.
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I was shocked at being told loudly to “fuck off”, after asking them to please move out of the way, because they were blocking the exit. My little boy was desperate, and the loos, as I discovered, were out of order. We needed to get home – fast.
The collective side-eye and sneering was palpable – and so was the abuse. I stopped and asked if they thought they were setting a good example by swearing in front of a young child, imagining most would shift uncomfortably, that some of the six-strong group might have brothers or sisters at home of the same age. I thought they’d apologise.
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If this pandemic has shown us anything, it’s that our nation’s families are incredibly resilient. As one parent shared in Ascend at the Aspen Institute’s Parent Voices research, “we have no choice.” In addition to navigating a global pandemic, social isolation, increased stress and barriers to distance learning, many families are facing complex, overlapping challenges such as underfunded schools; food, income and housing insecurity, which can be exacerbated by involvement in the child welfare system; entanglement with corrupt justice systems; and systemic racism. Parents and caregivers have had to assume the r
It was just after the news broke about Dr. Seuss that I pulled my kids onto the living room couch for family read-aloud time. I decided that we were going to read Dr. Seuss’ And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street. I cradled the book in my hands, feeling very much like I was palming explosive contraband.
The kids settled in on either side of me. My youngest, my sensitive nine-year-old son, snuggled close to my chest. My 15-year-old daughter raised her eyebrows as she looked down at my choice of books. She was aware of the announcement from the Dr. Seuss Foundation that it would be effectively “canceling” six of the author’s books due to their racist imagery.
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