Bilateral negotiations are underway to move the historic federal commitment to a Canada-wide early learning and child-care system from vision to reality. Expanding access for all young children in Canada will require creating and licensing...Read more
Exposure to an urban environment characterised by high levels of air pollution and noise in areas with a high building density during the foetal period and in early childhood may contribute to higher blood pressure.Read more
The UK’s Anna Freud Centre for Children and Families has launched a survey designed to bring together valuable insights from nursery staff on the mental health and wellbeing needs of under-fives.Read more
A third of nurseries in some of the UK’s the most disadvantaged city areas may be forced to close permanently because the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, a new report has warned.Read more
The Kansrijke Start incentive program, aimed at the first thousand days of a child born in The Netherlands, is to receive an additional 2.5 million Euros from central government.
Municipalities across the country can use the...Read more
A coalition of Swiss cities is calling for better early years learning and childcare, saying quality education ‘should not depend on where you live’.
The major urban sprawls of Zurich and Geneva are among 60 cities...Read more
The Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF), which works to improve opportunities for disadvantaged children, has published the first in a series of case studies examining global early years initiatives.
Three initial reports, which look at projects...Read more
