By Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research In our recently released South Carolina data book, we highlight a number of indicators related to family financial well-being. Reams of research find a connection between family economic well-being and a number of…
By Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research Last week, we released a new brief on Outdoor Learning, building from the learnings of our recent Childhood, Unplugged event in Denver. I was delighted to co-author this brief, along with Mary MacKenzie,…
What We've Been Up To Advocates Release Common Agenda to Improve Outcomes for South Carolina’s Young Children Several of South Carolina’s leading children’s advocacy organizations took to the state capital on February 19 to hold a press conference announcing the…
2019 Nurturing Developing Minds Register Now Non-medical participants can register through this form. Medical providers can receive Continuing Medical Education credit by registering here. The Institute for Child Success is partnering with the Children’s Hospital to convene the Early Childhood Research and Implementation…
By Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research As another season of Fuller House debuted this month, viewers like myself who grew up on the original may find themselves focusing on a background character: the house. Throughout the original show and…
By Bryan Boroughs, Vice President, Institute for Child Success & Akua Kouyate-Tate, Senior Director of Education at the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts During the first few years of life, the brain forms one million new neural connections…
United in support of young children (ages 0 through 5) and their families, advocates of the Early Childhood Common Agenda propose the following pathways for improving outcomes for young children. Four leading organizations - Children’s Trust of South Carolina, the Institute for Child…
Greenville's Medical-Legal Partnership - a collaborative effort among South Carolina Legal Services, Greenville Hospital System, and Furman University, were profiled in an in-depth piece from health report Liv Osby for the Greenville News. Earlier this year, ICS released a policy brief on…
Each year in the United States, thousands of preschool children are suspended or expelled from their early childhood care and education programs. In the last several years, as attention has grown on this issue, states and local communities have responded,…
By Amanda McDougald Scott, Research Associate When I spoke last month at WREN’s Upstate Summit, I asked the room of attendees who had ever been on a waitlist for a child care slot – nearly all attendees raised their hands.…