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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.
What is this 7% thing all about?
If you?ve used the Child Care Cost Calculator and you?re left wondering:? How the heck would all of this work?? This blog post is for you!??? Think Small created the ...
Child Care Affordability Calculator: Additional Context
There is broad agreement that Minnesota?s current early care and education system is not working well for parents, children, or providers. Costs for parents are too high to bear.?The Great ...
How Mixed Delivery Builds Equity and Inclusion for Families
Image of building blocks symbolizing building equity in families through mixed delivery.
Policy Hour: Mixed Delivery
By Marie Huey, Public Policy and Advocacy Coordinator Mixed delivery is a hot topic in early care and education. Even with an extra half hour, December?s Ann Kaner-Roth Policy Hour ...
Policy Hour: Early Education Policy and Funding Changes
By Marie Huey, Public Policy and Advocacy CoordinatorRepresentatives from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) presented at the first Policy Hour of the season. June Reineke and Amanda Varley shared ...
Policy Hour: Reports Propose Solutions for Early Learning in Minnesota
Legislative Task Force on Child Care Access and Affordability Senator Melissa Wiklund, DFL-Bloomington, was one of the presenters at the February Policy Hour organized by Minnesota?s Future and hosted by ...
Minnesota PreK-3 Design Team Releases Statewide Recommendations
A new group of early education experts released recommendations for how Minnesota can best improve the early care and education landscape across our state, a key area of focus to ...
2016 Legislative Session Overview: Early Care and Education Key Priority in Minnesota
Governor Dayton signed the supplemental budget bill today, allocating $182 million in funding this year and $300 million of funding over the next two years. He is still reviewing the ...