One Child at a Time

     Ending poverty has become a defining goal for this generation, which we all aspire to achieve and want to support. But sadly, the reality is children remain disproportionally affected. Millions of children around the world remain poor and deprived of what they need to develop and thrive. The Global Coalition to End Child Poverty is a global initiative to raise awareness about children living in poverty worldwide and support international and national action to alleviate it. The Global Coalition to End Child Poverty was initiated by groups of organizations with a common interest and focus on child poverty. Together they oversee our work and activities to ensure we make progress against our mission. Our members meet annually and have regular calls to coordinate our work.       The Global Coalition operates within a worldwide network structure without formal headquarter, secretariat, and sponsorship. The members are African Child Policy Forum, Arigatou International, ATD Fourth World

Weisenfeld, a senior early childhood education policy specialist at NIEER, and Petterson, co-executive director of CityHealth, co-authored a new CityHealth article called “ How Can Cities Find Funding and Improve the Quality of Their Pre-K Programs?”  The article put forward two approaches that will help cities increase access to preschools and improve the quality of their programs. Weisenfeld and Petterson include a link to eleven funding methods that NIEER and CityHealth recognized. The article talks about the proposed $200 billion the Biden administration has earmarked to help increase access to preschool to all children between ages three and four-year-olds “builds on the momentum generated by cities and states across America,” they posit. According to Weisenfeld and Petterson, The Biden administration believes that the investment would benefit five million children and families will save about $13,000 yearly. The article urges cities to study how to fund the expansion of prescho

  Part 1, Expanding Horizons                   Podcast-Understanding and Navigating the Parent-Teacher Relationship. The Preschool Podcast under discussion centers on the parent-teacher relationship. Dr. Erin O'Connor delivered the talk in this episode arranged by Hi mama. Dr. Connor is a developmental psychologist and the director of NYU's Early Childhood Education program. She is also the co-founder of Scientific Mommy, a research-based website for families and educators to learn more about parenting and child development. Dr. O'Connor dives into parent and educator relationships and explains that these relationships are essential across the developmental spectrum. She states that parents who have positive relationships with their children's teacher in early childhood regularly report having a positive relationship later in life when their child is in high school and beyond. According to Dr. O'Connor "Beginning in childhood, a positive relationship is really