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Several decades of research have established the benefits of high-quality early care and education (ECE) to children's short and longer-term social-emotional and academic outcomes. Early educators are considered "the single most important factor" in high-quality ECE. Yet despite the fact that early educators' jobs have expanded in recent years, the professional qualifications required, the compensation that they receive, and the environments in which...
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In search of life after child rearing, a Boston preschool teacher makes a tentative feint at Pikes Peak. The Peak dishes out far more than bargained for: a dying hiker, a lost trail, a fall, and a night out in an electrical storm. In surviving this maelstrom Catherine (Cookie) finds inspiration and confidence to attempt ever more daring forays into the extremes of Colorado:the Royal Gorge rapids, a solitary tube ride down the Colorado River, and a...
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"Nursery Crimes" is the first book in Ayelet Waldman's delightful new mystery series featuring Juliet Applebaum, a public defender turned stay-at-home mom. Juliet shares parenting duties with her screenwriter husband, but she's bored with playdates and trips to the park - so, near the end of her second preganancy, she gets off the mommy track to track down a murderer...
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