By Luke Y. Thompson | Films Gone Wild March 11, 2022 Almost everyone says they want a better future and education for their children. But when it comes time to getting it done, other concerns often push the kids to the backburner, perhaps because children can’t lobby...
By Steve Kopian MARCH 11, 2022 This is a hopeful tale of a program that gives kids enough of a leg up that they have a good shot at succeeding. I was so impressed that I found myself investigating the program right after I finished the...
By Liz Whittemore MARCH 11, 2022 In the SXSW22 short film Tomorrow’s Hope, filmmaker Thomas Morgan examines the effect of two foundations for early childhood education on its first-ever class. Educare and The Ounce of Prevention Fund are sound arguments for universal Pre-K. I’m a former preschool...
By Carey MARCH 8, 2022 Austin’s South by Southwest starts in just a couple of days on the 11th, but the SXSW Edu has already begun. A film that is part of it is Thomas Morgan’s documentary Tomorrow’s Hope. It is a short film at 44 minutes...
This podcast originally aired on Lights Camera Austin on March 6, 2022 Interview by Robert Sims The documentary Tomorrow's Hope: The Promise of Early Childhood Education celebrates the early childhood education program developed and taught at Start Early’s (formerly Ounce of Prevention Fund’s) Educare Chicago. The school...
Dear Friends, While we're cheered by the latest incremental progress on legislation to support families and education in Washington D.C., we know that we cannot wait for Federal action on these pressing issues. Work at the Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation and among our broad network of...
By Jeff Stein February 17, 2022 The White House was unable to extend an expansion in the Child Tax Credit amid pushback from Sen. Joe Manchin III The number of American children in poverty spiked dramatically in January after the expiration of President Biden’s expanded child benefit at...
We are thrilled to announce that "Tomorrow's Hope" is screening at SXSW EDU (followed by a Q&A) - March 7th in Austin, TX....
By Nora Delaney February 10, 2022 A new bipartisan report calls for "rewriting the generational contract" to increase investments in America’s children significantly by shifting funds from programs that now go toward supporting older, wealthier adults. In the report, "Rebalancing: Children First," leading scholars convened by two of...
By Anya Kamenetz February 10, 2022 Dale Farran has been studying early childhood education for half a century. Yet her most recent scientific publication has made her question everything she thought she knew. "It really has required a lot of soul-searching, a lot of reading of the literature...