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How We Close the Nation’s Literacy Gap
Season 3 Episode 11
Literacy advocates are asking us all to face an uncomfortable reality: For decades, we’ve done a poor job of teaching children how to read in this country, and the widening gap in literacy is most ap…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Lessons Learned From Our National Tour (With Latoya Gayle)
Season 3 Episode 10
As we conclude our national tour, host Gloria Riviera and our partner Latoya Gayle reflect on the lessons learned from advocates and caretakers we met across the U.S. They chat about the inspiration …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
How Colorado Comes Together To Care for Kids
Season 3 Episode 9
The tour stops in Denver to learn how advocates are advancing universal pre-k and how they’re working to fill the rest of the child care and early childhood education puzzle so children have robust s…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
How New Mexico Negotiated Big Childcare Wins
Season 3 Episode 8
Throughout the tour, New Mexico has been held up as the shining example of communities coming together to energize voters and pass funding for early child care. For over a decade, organizers worked t…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
How Texas Tackled A Child Care Shortage
Season 3 Episode 7
The tour makes a virtual stop in Texas to learn how child care and early childhood education advocates are working with business leaders and elected officials across the political spectrum to expand …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
How Detroit Delivered Investments in Child Care
Season 3 Episode 6
The tour stops in Detroit to highlight how advocates are expanding quality child care and education options for Michigan families; and how they’re advancing historic state investments in child care b…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
How Birmingham Built Bipartisan Support for Child Care
Season 3 Episode 5
The tour makes a virtual stop in Birmingham, where host Gloria Riviera learns how local advocates successfully lobbied lawmakers to make a historic investment in funding for both voluntary pre-k as w…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
How D.C. Drove Support For Universal Child Care (Live at DCTV)
Season 3 Episode 4
The tour stops in our nation's capital to speak with local advocates about lessons learned from their successful, years-long campaign to pass universal pre-k in D.C.; how cities can better retain ear…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
How Oakland Overcomes Racial Disparities in Child Care (Live at KDOL-TV)
Season 3 Episode 3
This week Gloria Riviera is live at KDOL-TV with a trio of women who are fighting against racial inequities facing families in Oakland. They shine a light on how the struggle for racial justice and a…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
How Tulsa’s Tackling Child Care Deserts (Live From the Woody Guthrie Center)
Season 3 Episode 2
On the first stop of the national tour, host Gloria Riviera is live in Tulsa to speak with members of a coalition that is supporting both families and childhood educators while working to stamp out O…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago