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Wendy Wagner Robeson's Op Ed in Ms. Magazine

The Stimulus Package is a Huge Win for Working Parents—and an Opportunity to Rebuild Our Child Care System - Ms. MagazineThe U.S. cannot achieve gender equality or economic recovery until its child care system is rebuilt from the ground up.

Wendy Wagner Robeson's Op Ed in The Hechinger Report

OPINION: Build Back Better is the lifeline we need right now to save our child care systemChild care in the U.S. is in free fall. At this moment, parents are not finding the care they need and early care and education providers are not able to afford to remain in the profession they love.

WFC in the News

Maine providers question how Democrats’ social spending bill will help solve child care woesThe $2.2 trillion Build Back Better Act pending in Congress would provide the largest government investment in child care since World War II.

Families in Alabama have free, full-day prekindergarten while many Mass. families can only dream of it - The Boston GlobeThanks to Alabama’s growing investments in early education, the state’s pre-K system is among the best in the nation in quality — and it’s free for most. Programs like Alabama’s are the envy of families in Massachusetts.

Inside Detroit's 24-hour child care: A fragile lifeline for working parents - Detroit Free Press

Wendy Wagner Robeson discusses the challenges working parents with non-standard hours face in finding child care.

Quality 101: Identifying the Core Components of a High-Quality Early Childhood Program - Center for American ProgressThere is a critical need to better understand the components of high-quality early childhood education programs to ensure policy solutions adequately support and promote access to quality for all families.

Child care is infrastructure. We should treat it that wayCongress must recognize that investments in child care facilities are investments in the nation’s infrastructure.

Charting a Course to Universal, High-Quality Pre-K A capstone investment builds on more than a decade of progress for Boston's youngest students.

New Report Examines Quality in Boston’s Early Education and Care ProgramsLast month, Boston EQUIP — the Early Education Quality Improvement Project— released two reports on the quality of early childhood programs in Boston: – Community Profiles 2013, a comprehensi…

Study faults some day-care centers in low-income Massachusetts communitiesOne third of child care centers in low- and moderate income communities contain unsafe play equipment, half lack space for active indoor play and a fifth suffer from poor ventilation that can make children drowsy, according to an unusual survey of the physical conditions at places where many kids spend most of their waking hours.

Boston preschools falling far short of goals, study saysBoston's public preschool and kindergarten programs are hobbled by mediocre instruction, unsanitary classrooms, and dangerous schoolyards, according to a first-ever study of the programs.

Child care crisis; finding safe affordable child careAny parent who has looked for good, affordable child care can tell you it's a struggle. Experts say we are actually facing a child care crisis, and parents are being forced to do some creative things to make it all work.

Commentary by Wendy Wagner Robeson, Ed.D. | Wellesley Centers for Women

Improving Space through Research - CEDACOver a decade ago, a college professor and her students routinely observed how children interacted with teachers in an early childhood education program in Connecticut. They found that only 3 percent of each child’s time was spent interacting with an educator. This low percentage was notable, considering that research shows that engagement with a caregiver … Continue reading Improving Space through Research

Child Care Tradeoffs, from Compromises to Sacrifices

On the Wellesley Centers for Women blog, Wendy Wagner Robeson shares highlights from a research brief published by the Boston Fed.

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