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No One is Coming to Save Us

Why Universal Pre-K Can’t Solve Everything

No One is Coming to Save Us

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family

4.7981 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Does universal Pre-K guarantee school readiness? To answer that question the podcast is headed to Wisconsin! Land of freezing winters, dairy cows, and universal Pre-K. Back in the 1980s, Wisconsin made publicly funded preschool almost ubiquitous throughout the state. But they’re still suffering from a massive underinvestment in childcare and early education, as well as one of the worst racial achievement gaps in the country. Gloria talks to Angela Harris, elementary school teacher and chairwoman of the Milwaukee Black Educators’ Caucus, about the importance of early education in preparing kids for kindergarten. Then Gloria talks to Brooke Legler, a childcare center owner and activist, about the post-pandemic childcare funding crisis in Wisconsin and how we can make sure every kid in Wisconsin has a chance at success. Special thanks to our partners who have made this season possible!  This series is produced with Neighborhood Villages. Neighborhood Villages is a Massachusetts-based systems change nonprofit. It envisions a transformed, equitable early childhood education system that lifts up educators and sets every child and family up to thrive. In pursuit of this vision, Neighborhood Villages designs, evaluates, and scales innovative solutions to the biggest challenges faced by early childhood education providers and the children and families who rely on them, and drives policy reform through advocacy, education, and research. Visit www.neighborhoodvillages.org to learn more.  This season was made possible with generous support from Imaginable Futures, a global philanthropic investment firm working with partners to build more healthy and equitable systems, so that everyone has the opportunity to learn and realize the future they imagine. Learn more at www.imaginablefutures.com.  This series is presented by The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation. This series is presented by the Bainum Family Foundation. Through their WeVision EarlyEd initiative, they are elevating the voices of families and early childhood professionals, their “proximity experts,” to generate equitable and practical solutions to make the ideal vision of child care in America real. You can learn more at wevisionearlyed.org.  This season is presented by The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, an organization working to improve the lives of individuals living in poverty and experiencing disadvantage throughout the world. Learn more at hiltonfoundation.org.  The childcare crisis in the United States dramatically worsened during the pandemic.  However, there are glimmers of hope in unlikely places. One of those is in impact investing. Small but growing, Care Access Real Estate (CARE) is a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). Today, home-based providers often struggle with landlords and Homeowner Associations (HOAs) who put roadblocks in the way of obtaining a license to operate. CARE seeks to "unlock the full potential and aspirations of center and home-based providers". CARE does this as a childcare friendly landlord aiming to expand supply where demand is acute in under-resourced areas. Ultimately, CARE seeks to build the wealth of childcare providers by putting them on a path of one day owning their own home.  Mission Driven Finance invests in homes as childcare infrastructure. One by one, real dreams of working in this space are coming true. Childcare is infrastructure: it is the pathway to success for parents, caregivers, early educators, and most importantly the children themselves. If No One Is Coming to Save US, we must save ourselves.  You can find more on CARE and Mission Driven Finance here:  https://www.missiondrivenfinance.com/invest/real-estate/care/ Follow No One is Coming to Save Us wherever you get your podcasts, or listen ad-free on Amazon Music with your Prime Membership. You can also get premium content and behind the scenes material by subscribing to Lemonada Premium on Apple Podcasts.  Laugh, cry, be outraged, and hear solutions! Join our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nooneiscomingtosaveus.  Stay up to date with us on X, Facebook and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. Want to become a Lemonada superfan? Join us at joinsubtext.com/lemonadasuperfan.   Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and all other Lemonada series: lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. To follow along with a transcript, go to lemonadamedia.com/show/ shortly after the air date. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Calling All Early Educators, Neighborhood Villages, an innovative nonprofit organization working

0:06.7

towards a transformed early childhood education system that meets the needs of all children, families, and educators invites you to learn about

0:16.0

learning through exploration, its new play-based curriculum created specifically for toddlers

0:22.4

and their caregivers.

0:24.0

Learning through exploration offers an anti-bias,

0:27.0

regio-inspired approach to teaching.

0:30.0

This developmentally conscious curriculum provides toddlers with playful, engaging, and joyful learning experiences.

0:37.0

It also offers support for teachers, as well as recommendations for activities and children's literature.

0:44.1

The best news, it's free and available now on Neighborhood Villages website.

0:48.6

Visit www.

0:50.3

Neighborhood Villages.org to download the curriculum.

0:54.0

You'll also find free webinars and resources to get you started.

0:58.0

Throughout the early childhood years,

1:01.0

there are opportunities for every child's potential to blossom and for a lifelong

1:06.0

love for learning to begin. Welcome to Lilio.

1:10.9

Lilio's solutions for center management to family engagement, teaching and learning, and professional development have impacted countless educators, children and families.

1:21.0

They stand as a symbol of quality and commitment to early childhood

1:25.3

education with the belief that early educators have the power to change

1:29.7

children's lives and ultimately the world.

1:33.0

Lilio, the building blocks for high quality child care.

1:37.0

Learn more at www.

1:39.0

Lilio.com.

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