A broad spectrum of voters continues to support public investment in quality early childhood education according to a bipartisan national poll released this week by the First Five Years Fund (FFYF). The poll found that every single proposal tested—including expanding federal partnerships with states and communities through grants to improve access to preschool, tripling the […]

Almost 35 million children in the U.S. have experienced trauma, and young children are at especially high risk. A new report from Child Trends and the National Center for Children in Poverty includes a review of the prevalence of early childhood trauma and its effects. Because early trauma can be hard to identify and address, […]