By Keller Anne Ruble, Associate Director of Policy Research What do you think is the biggest contributor to a person’s overall health? Genetics? Health insurance coverage? How much water you drink during the day? None of the above. In fact,…
By Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research It is easy, sometimes, for cities to dominate the conversation on education policy in America, especially in the world of early childhood. In recent years, we have seen major preschool initiatives as central…
By Bryan Boroughs, Vice President, Institute for Child Success Over the last several days, Congress completed some important work for America’s young children. That news was overshadowed in major news outlets by the controversies around the spending bill, DACA, and…
As many of our readers will know, funding for the federal government’s operations expires at midnight tonight, and Congress is working to enact a spending measure before that date. Yesterday, the U.S. House passed a bill that it sent to…
By J.M. Gruendel, ICS Senior Fellow This week, the Puerto Rico Department of Health reported that more than 22,300 of its residents were infected with the Zika virus. Among those Zika-infected individuals, 1,871 were pregnant women. Contracting the Zika virus…
Notes from a Fellow: This is the third post from Jostin Grimes, a summer fellow with ICS through the Southern Education Leadership Initiative. Throughout the summer, Jostin will share reflections on his experience at ICS, thoughts on the field, and updates…
Earlier today, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Christian Soura, Director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, state officials, and leaders from the private sector announced the nation's first Pay for Success project aimed at improving health…
The Institute for Child Success (ICS) is pleased to submit comments on the Draft Policy Statement on Family Engagement, From the Early Years to the Early Grades, jointly developed by the U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human…
SXSWedu, the education-focused offshoot of the SXSW festival, has opened its PanelPicker voting to help select which sessions will appear on the 2016 gathering's agenda. Several panels have been developed by the ECD Emerging Leaders group convened by ICS in May. These…
This blog was written by Tamela Spann of the Mary Black Foundation, a private foundation established to improve the health of Spartanburg County, South Carolina. You can view the original post here. I recently shared a link to a USA Today article, “More…