EYI brings you interesting and thought-provoking  articles and reports in the categories of: Public Policy and System Building, Research, Child Development and Early Learning, and Children and the Media.  

Public Policy and System Building

Improving Children's Well-Being Must Include
Policy Focus on Racial, Ethnic Backgrounds
- CLASP, July 2012

"Education Secretary to Literacy Funders: Help 'Our Babies' Catch Up," by Catherine Gewertz, Education Week, 03.03.11 

"Will Budget Cuts Put Early Learning at Risk?" by Scott Waldman, Times Union, 01.31.11

"The Movement to Restore Children's Play Gains Momentum," by Hilary Stout, New York Times, 01.05.11

• "Kindergarten Teacher Pay: Let's Change the Calculus for the Stewards of the Next Generation," by Susan Ochshorn, ECE PolicyWorks
  
  
• "Focus on Early Years Education," by John Murcott in Long Island Business News, 11.19.10
  
  
• "Child Maltreatment 2009," Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  
  
• "A Post Election Look at Early Childhood Programs in Congress," National Women's Law Center, 11.03.10
  
  
• "Keeping Children Safe:  A Policy Agenda for Child Care in Emergencies," NACCRRA report, 10.06.10
  
  
• "State Child Care Assistance Policies 2010" National Women's Law Center, September 2010 (PDF)
  
  
• "The Benefits of Social Security for Children," Generations United, July 2010
  
  
• "Can Obama and Congress Repair Broken Promises on Early Ed?," Early Ed Watch, 06.10.10
   
• "Helping Children By Providing Parents More Flexibility at Work," Early Ed Watch, 06.01.10
   
• Cuts to Child Care Subsidy Thwart More Job Seekers," New York Times, 05.24.10
   
• "Strengthening the Pre-K Investment: Building an Early Childhood System," Winning Beginnings NY, 05.14.10 (PDF)
  
  
• National Commission on Children and Disasters Progress Report, 05.11.10
   
• "Too Fat to Fight," Mission Readiness: Military Leaders for Kids, 04.08.2010  

How to Help Children Weather the Storm
NYMetroparents Magazine 12.25.2012

Helping Kids Heal After Sandy
NBC Channel 4 NY 12.6.2012

• "How Recess Helps Kindergarteners Develop" IndyStar.com, 10.17.10
   
•  Colin Powell on "Meet the Press" (scroll to see early childhood comments), 09.19.10
   
• "'Daddy, Are We Rich?' and Other Toughies," New York Times, 07.10.10
   
• "Pushing Kids to Play Outside," Associated Press, 04.14.10
   
• "Creativity Killers," The Creative Spirit, 03.25.10
   
• "Preschool's Role in Fighting Childhood Obesity," Preschool Matters, Jan.-Feb. 2010
   
• "Watch How You Hold That Crayon," New York Times, 02.24.10 
   

Children and the Media

• "In Online Games, a Path to Youn Consumers," by Matt Richtel, New York Times, 04.20.11
   
• "The Ultimate Lifehack: Gain Back 13.9% or More Time," blog by Adam Singer, The Future Buzz
  
  
• "Policy Statement - Media Education," American Academy of Pediatrics, 09.27.10
   
• "The Risks of Parenting While Plugged In," New York Times, 06.09.10
   
• "Hollywood: Curb PG-13 movie ads," Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, 05.26.10
   
• "Don't Let Disney Silence Us: A Message from CCFC," Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood, 03.10.10
   
• "Technology Advances for Toddlers at Country School," wickedlocal.com, 02.18.10
   
• "A Fine Line When Ads and Children Mix," New York Times, 02.15.10
   
• "Generation M2 – Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year Olds," Kaiser Family Foundation, January 2010 (PDF)
  
  
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