NJ ranks 45th in the nation in the percentage of families receiving a developmental screening, with fewer than 20 percent getting screened before age 6.
Tag: Blogs
Blog: Setting the Record Straight on Preschool Expansion
It wasn’t that districts didn’t “want” the preschool funding— because they did and continue to want it.
OP-ED: Ignoring rising child care costs puts infants at risk
It might not happen today, and it might not happen tomorrow, but a baby will face serious harm at a New Jersey child care center.
BLOG: Why are we locking up youth offenders when there’s a better solution?
Sometimes it may feel easier to say, “Those kids are bad, they deserve to be locked up” or ask, “Why is it bad to institutionalize children?”
BLOG: Do you provide child care for infants?
Do you provide child care for infants? I asked this question hundreds of times as I called child care centers throughout New Jersey as part of a statewide study on the availability of center-based care for infants and toddlers
