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Welcome to the Think Small Blog, your go-to destination for valuable insights, innovative ideas, and inspiring stories in the field of early learning. Dive into a treasure trove of articles crafted by our team of experts, dedicated to empowering child care providers, educators, and families.
Small Talks: True Costs to Families and Early Child Care Educators
Small Talks features leaders who share key insights on early childhood education and discuss innovative solutions to early learning issues in Minnesota.Inadequate investment, scholarship caps, complicated funding streams, and low ...
Picturing Brighter Futures
By Kristie ThorsonAt Think Small, we picture a brighter future for Minnesota?s kids.? We picture a day when ALL young children have access to high-quality early care and education so ...
Think Small Annual Report: Picturing Brighter Futures
?Our mission is to advance quality care and education of children in their crucial early years.? The theme of our 2017 Report to the Community is ‘Picturing Brighter Futures’ for ...
The Triple Bottom Line of Child Care
The Policies in Play series takes a closer look at the recently passed state legislative policies that affect early care and education. We work with partners to find out what ...
Seven Reasons to be Optimistic About Early Learning in Minnesota
By Todd Otis The benefits of giving children access to high-quality early learning have been proven beyond a doubt. Nobody has been able to dispute that targeted investment in quality ...
Early Learning Investment - Turn Up the Volume!
By Todd OtisThe early childhood movement has come a long way in the past twenty years, and has a long way to go.The public now understands the importance of early ...
Public Safety Advocates and Retired Military Generals Push for Prioritizing High-Quality Early Education in Minnesota
Members of two national organizations say high-quality early education is a proactive solution to public safety concerns, and they?ve detailed their support of the issue in recent letters to Minnesota ...
The Wisest Choices Minnesota Can Make for Early Learning
By: Barbara Yates, President and CEO of Think SmallWe?ve heard it before.If everything is your priority, then nothing is your priority.Show me your budget, and I?ll tell you what you ...
Minnesota's $900 Million Surplus is Opportunity to Invest in Kids who Need Help the Most
Minnesota Management and Budget released Minnesota’s economic forecast this morning, and the state’s surplus has decreased slightly to $900 million for the next budget cycle.The November economic forecast expected a ...