Sep. 30, 2021 By Betsy Biemann & Keith Bisson COVID-19 didn’t just reveal a broken child care system. A confluence of events dramatically worsened the frayed patchwork of child care programs in the US, after significant drops in center enrollment when parents lost jobs, shifts from in-school...
September 13, 2021 Host Matthew Toffolo has a conversation with filmmaker Aaron Steinberg on the process making this documentary short, Kaotic Drumline, winner of BEST DIRECTION at the 2021 Chicago Feedback Festival....
September 9, 2021 KAOTIC DRUMLINE: DRUMMING WITH A DIFFERENCE played to rave reviews at the September 2021 MUSIC Film Festival. Interview with Matthew Toffolo and posted to matthewtoffolo.com....
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday called for urgent action to make affordable childcare available to more families, calling such investments critical to ensuring U.S. growth and global competitiveness....
SZCF is pleased to announce that Starting at Zero is now available on Kanopy. Kanopy partners with public libraries and universities, providing ad-free films and series that can be enjoyed on all devices – TV, mobile phone, tablet and online. Kanopy is available to students/faculty/patrons...
Starting at Zero was screened at the 2021 Block Island Festival on September 9. Following the screening was a Zoom Q&A panel with Director, Willa Kammerer....
During the week of July 12-16, 2021, our partners at PBS NewsHour examined America’s fractured child care system and its impact on women, children, people of color and the economy. If you missed their special coverage, click here to watch the segments....
Start Early August 10, 2021 Last month, families across the country began receiving the first payments under the Advance Child Tax Credit (ACTA), a part of the American Rescue Plan Act. For many families with young children, like Educare Chicago parent Cheryse Singleton-Nobles, the expanded Child Tax...
Big news! We're excited to share that tonight and all this week, PBS NewsHour is examining the current state of the American child care system in a special five-part series, titled "Raising The Future." The feature kicks off this evening, Monday, July 12, with a...
Monday, July 12, 2021 - PBS NewsHour reports on America's broken child care system, communities on the front lines and new political momentum for major reform in the post-COVID era. ...
