Early Matters Dallas

Early Matters was proud to support a recent episode of Lemonada Media's "No One Is Coming To Save Us" podcast about how Texas is 'Tackl[ing] A Child Care Shortage.' We hope you'll take a listen here or on your favorite podcast app: https://tinyurl.com/2ua55e5u

How Texas Tackled A Child Care Shortage - No One is Coming to Save Us The tour makes a virtual stop in Texas to learn how child care and early childhood education advocates are working with business leaders and elected officials across the political spectrum to expand care options for families. We meet panelists Councilmember Vanessa Fuentes, the representative for Di...

"The ultimate tenant amenity--the mother of all tenant amenities--is childcare." -Peter Brodsky, Reimagine Redbird

Learn how business leaders across DFW and the US are innovatively addressing access to quality childcare for the workforce of today and tomorrow.

Thinking Outside the Box This is "Thinking Outside the Box" by United Way Dallas on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Excited to see our partners at Dallas College being recognized for their work around growing the Early Childhood workforce!

North Texas apprenticeship programs address child care shortages Nicole Ellis teaches preschoolers about shapes, numbers, colors and how to read and write five days a week; students mold Play-Doh into shapes and call out...

Great things are happening in PreK! Last Friday, Early Matters Dallas met with PreK Directors and district leaders from around DFW to discuss PreK enrollment and continuing efforts to increase PreK seats across districts. Interested in free PreK? Visit prekdfw.org to learn more!

Want to know part of the secret to Lancaster ISD's 3rd grade reading success? Hint: it begins before Kindergarten!

The Commit Partnership - DCLC Learns from Lancaster ISD's Reading Success The Dallas County Learning Community (DCLC) is a new collaboration of area public school districts highly focused on continuous improvement to help...