As the pandemic catalyzed a renewed push to address child care, we’ve seen how the inclusion of home-based child care in the conversation has strengthened the child care movement’s case for change.
Coordinated by the Alliance for Early Success, Child Care NEXT is an initiative to support six states that are ready to mount equity-driven campaigns to achieve transformative change on child care.
A surging movement is demanding greater investment in America’s underfunded and disjointed care infrastructure. Guest author Ashley Beckner of Imaginable Futures explains how philanthropy is evolving…
Ashley Beckner of Imaginable Futures sat down with Stephanie Wittels Wachs of Lemonada Media to discuss “No One is Coming to Save Us”, a podcast about child care in the United States.
Launched in April 2020 by Dr. Philip Fisher and a team of researchers, the RAPID-EC survey has regularly tracked the pandemic experience of children and caregivers.
Since its launch in 2020, Boston University’s Center on the Ecology of Early Development has worked to bring a sharper racial equity lens to the early childhood education field.
We’re proud to support Raising Child Care Fund, which equips grassroots organizers with resources and connections to bolster their state and local work, while helping shape national advocacy efforts.
MathTalk uses a mix of technology and math-focused installations to harness playful learning, reduce math anxiety and create positive math experiences for kids and their parents.
With a Biden-Harris administration, the next phase of work for early education has already begun in the US, but it must accelerate to tip the scales of political will toward real action.
We invested in Capita because we knew then that we wanted to imagine a different future, particularly for young children and their families. Today, it’s even more important.
We know that cognitive, physical, and social-emotional development are all critical elements of a child’s school and life readiness. However, we don’t always make the connection back to the key healt…
If you’re a parent of a young child, searching for the perfect fit for child care can often be a struggle.
Nearly two years ago, our team at Omidyar Network Education invested in Holberton School. At the time, Holberton had a single campus in San Francisco. We were excited by their innovative approach to …
I recently visited Bright Beginnings, an early childhood and family learning center in Washington, D.C. Even the fact that they call themselves a “family learning center” speaks to their emphasis on …
Earlier this month, Omidyar Network released a report called Big Ideas, Little Learners highlighting the mega trends and impactful innovations that we see changing the way our youngest members of soc…
Looking Back: Early Childhood Progress in Past 50 Years
Although there has been a significant increase over the last 10 years in entrepreneurial activity in US K-12 and higher education, the same cannot be said for early childhood innovation that targets …
For people currently working in early childhood, the time when we did not understand the importance of the first five years of life may seem like a distant past. We now recite with ease the criticali…
Sarah was a teacher’s aide and wanted to take her passion for children to the next level and become a certified teacher. Alejandro needed financial stability, and saw a career in accounting as a path…
When Kara’s* oldest son came home from his school in Indiana with a flier for a new program promoting school readiness, her first thought was “I don’t know what to expect, but it’s worth a try.”
One of the biggest issues facing higher education in the US today is return on investment. Is the price of a higher education leading to a fulfilling professional career that will enable a student to…
Melanie Richardson, a mental health professional, and Christine Neely, an educator, were twenty-year veterans in their respective fields and met as colleagues while delivering a community based liter…
Children are naturally curious. Interacting with their world and their teachers can ignite that curiosity. But they need the space for the spark to occur, and too often our youngest learners don’t ha…
Parents are both the first teachers for their children and stewards for their future learning. Interactions between child and parent in the first few years of life are tremendously important for a ch…
One of the best parts about working and investing in the education sector is having the privilege to meet and connect with educators who dedicate their lives to developing future generations.
At Omidyar Network, we look at the transformative power of technology to help solve some of the world’s most challenging problems. And with our investments in US education, we are seeking to address …
Edtech is on track to be a $252 billion global industry by 2020, bringing more innovative education tools to the hands of students, teachers, and families around the world.
We believe there are few better paths to opportunity and a bright future than a good education, and that an education that begins early in a child’s life sets the tone for everything that follows.
