The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently released a report, “A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty,” describing two packages of federal policies aiming to cut US child poverty by half within a decade. An expert panel joins Katharine Stevens to discuss the realistic prospects for the report’s proposals to improve children’s lives.

DJ Pryor’s two-minute viral video effectively highlights the profound importance of the day-in-day-out interactions that build strong relationships and strong brains.

Dr. Beatrice Beebe joins Katharine Stevens to discuss her pioneering research on the surprisingly sophisticated communication between young babies and their caretakers.

Leaders from Public Prep and the Parent-Child Home Program explain their innovative, new partnership, followed by a panel discussion on the potential of K–12 collaboration with early childhood and the implications of including birth-to-kindergarten in federal education law.

Dr. Stephanie Carlson explains how the development of executive function skills in early childhood profoundly affects lifelong ability and achievement.

Katharine Stevens joins a panel of experts at the Centennial Institute for a discussion of market-based policies that strike a healthy balance between family wellbeing and a prosperous economy.

Dr. Beatrice Beebe presents her pioneering research on mother-infant interactions, followed by a discussion with Katharine Stevens.

A growing body of research has revealed that infancy is a far more critical period of life than previously recognized, laying the foundation for future development and lifelong ability. One of the most significant new understandings is the degree to which babies are inherently social from birth.

School choice alone isn’t enough. Real education choice means enabling parents to make sure their child’s foundation is built right in the first place, starting at birth.

Photojournalist Chris Arnade joins Katharine Stevens to explain why he abandoned his Wall Street banking job to chronicle the lives of 'forgotten Americans,' and what he's learned from five years spent traveling across the country.

Photojournalist Chris Arnade presents his striking photos of 'forgotten America,' illuminating profound gaps between the reality experienced by millions of struggling Americans and policy discussions in Washington, DC.

Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential election illuminated growing political, economic, and cultural polarization in America. The work of photojournalist Chris Arnade provides valuable insight into the everyday experiences of the Americans long overlooked by many.

It's now well known that a pregnant woman’s physical well-being can affect the health of her fetus. Recent research shows that her mental health, too, has a much greater effect than previously recognized.

Parents are their children’s first and most important teachers. Yet many don’t recognize how deeply influential they are on their child’s development.

While a year of pre-K can be helpful for many children, too often focus gets diverted from improving early learning for disadvantaged young children to promoting universal pre-K for all four-year-olds.

Jack P. Shonkoff, director of the Center of the Developing Child at Harvard University joins Robert Doar and Katharine Stevens to discuss the science of early learning and how it can be harnessed to improve opportunity for disadvantaged children.

Voluntary home visiting programs, while not as well-known as Head Start or pre-K, may be the single most promising approach to improving the lives of America’s most disadvantaged young children.