May 29, 2018
Hallo! Mein name ist Alexis Landrum und ich habe für acht jahre Deutsch studiert. It’s understandable if that didn’t make sense, most people don’t speak German in America. However, I…
May 14, 2018
Growing up to scientist parents taught Maggie Woods two very important things—not to fear bugs and to always be curious. Now, the California native puts her curiosity to work every…
Apr 23, 2018
Eager to hear the youth perspective on bridging North Carolina’s rural-urban divide, the Institute for Emerging Issues bridged a “Wolfpack-Tar Heel” divide this semester as we worked with a group of…
Apr 22, 2018
“Being appointed to a place known only as, ‘Two miles from somewhere,’ is daunting, like being anointed as the only one in town who can pray away the haunting.” The…
Apr 10, 2018
For Lisa Hayworth, working at a community college drove home the importance of early childhood development, and if that connection seems a bit far removed—it shouldn’t. Educators at all levels…
Feb 24, 2018
It takes a village to raise a child. We’ve all heard that adage, but recently our two-day kidonomics Forum here in Raleigh drove home the truth of that message for me.…
Feb 19, 2018
In North Carolina, we stand on the shoulders of great women and men who recognized that our state’s future was deeply connected to our youngest children. As a result, more…
Jan 30, 2018
With our 2018 kidonomics Forum just one week away, we’re reaching out to a few our of Forum speakers to get their take on why early childhood development is important…
Jan 23, 2018
For many parents, the start of their career as a parent advocate is when their child enters Kindergarten. They join the PTA, they sign up for the book fair and…