Center for the Study of Child Care Employment releases new toolkit.
January 25, 2023
Foundation grantee, the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, recently published the Early Educator Engagement and Empowerment Toolkit which aims to support early educators in their advocacy, power building, and stakeholder engagement. It features the latest facts and policy solutions about the ECE workforce that educators can use to build arguments for change, […]
Black Educator Initiative identifies promising practices for diversifying the national teacher workforce
January 25, 2023
In 2019, the National Center on Teacher Residencies (NCTR), a Foundation grantee, launched the Black Educator Initiative, an effort designed to recruit, prepare, and retain new Black teachers through NCTR’s national network of teacher residency programs. A Foundation supported evaluation of this effort led to the development of a report titled “Recruitment and Retention of […]
New website breaks down Massachusetts early childhood systems
Colin A. Young, State House News Service
January 19, 2023
The Rennie Center for Education and Research Policy and the Massachusetts Early Childhood Funder Collaborative unveiled Early Childhood 101, an interactive website that maps out all the various ways in which young kids and parents interact with programs and services like health care, housing support, employment assistance and more.
2022 Grants Awarded
December 31, 2022
The W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation awarded approximately $5 million in grants in 2022. Please visit our Grants Awarded section for detailed descriptions.
Two Jobs, no benefits: Can Illinois rescue it's early childhood workforce?
Cassie Walker Burke, Chalkbeat
June 21, 2021
Preschool teacher Devon Jefferson starts work at a child care center each morning at 6 a.m., clocks in for a second job as a home health care aide in the afternoon, and attends night classes several evenings a month.
After two decades as an early childhood educator, she’s tired and frustrated.
Pandemic Recession: Invest in child care to help women return to the workforce
Rhian Evans Allvin and Sara Slaughter, USA Today
March 10, 2021
As the pandemic subsides and the economy rebounds, many women will be shut out from jobs if they cannot find high quality child care options.
State-by-state analysis shows U.S. child care workforce struggling to survive
February 24, 2021
The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment released the 2020 Early Childhood Workforce Index. The report provides a data-rich look at state-based policies and conditions for the early care and education workforce.
Racial Equity Again Focus of 2020 Grantee Convening
December 7, 2020
National Leaders Speak About Education in Covid-19 and Covid-19 Recovery In September, Fifty-Two W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation grantees from all three of its program areas gathered for Transformation for Racial Equity: Moving Toward Action, the 2020 Annual Grantee Convening. Grounded by presentations from Linda Darling-Hammond, Learning Policy Institute, LaShawn Route’ Chatmon, National […]
Sylvia Puente Honored!
November 23, 2020
Sylvia Puente, President & CEO of Latino Policy Forum, a W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation grantee, has been recognized by the Consul General of Mexico in Chicago with a 2020 Ohtli Award.