Christine Thorsteinson

[Parent Voices @ParentVoicesCA]

💪🏽Let's push to keep #ChildTaxCredit expansion front & center as Congress negotiates end-of-year spending.

Last year's House version of the #BuildBackBetter Act was critical AND could have moved us closer to closing the racial wealth gap.

✊🏽 #BuildBackForJustice #ParentPower ✊���

[Thriving Families CA Foundation @TFC_advocacy]

"Keeping children insured...when their bodies and minds are still developing...will ensure they don’t miss important checkups and care because of gaps in coverage"

Taking care of the health and development of #Californiakids should be a top priority!

https://t.co/TLOkz7hzXp

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

Want to improve educational outcomes? Child care quality matters. During the most critical window of brain development, more than 14 million American children under the age of six (67%) live in households where all available parents participate in the workforce.

[FIRST 5 Santa Clara County @FIRST5SCC]

The City of San José will host a series of focus groups with community organizations and service providers.

These sessions will shape the vision of the Children and Youth Services Master Plan and explore how we can improve family services.

Sign up: https://t.co/VnUOe5km1l

[Avo Makdessian @AvoMakdessian]

Packed house @Stanford talking about how pediatrics + #earlychildhood development are intricately linked. Thank you @LisaChaMD, @einhorncollab, + Kitty Lopez @first5sanmateo for sharing your wisdom.

[CSCCE at UC Berkeley @CSCCEUCB]

“How can you expect quality early childhood educators to create meaningful relationships and meet the needs of young children when their low wages and lack of health care means they can't meet their own needs?” - Corrine Hendrickson #BoldonECEcompensation #ECE

[CSCCE at UC Berkeley @CSCCEUCB]

Join the new Stanford Center on Early Childhood for its launch this Weds., Nov. 3rd. At 10AM, @ljeaustin @miriamelena88 @n_renew & other leaders will speak on addressing racial & economic Inequalities in #ECE policy & programs
https://t.co/sFnX8AzYEo

[RAPID Survey Project @RapidSurvey]

We’ve seen a dramatic increase in the material hardship rate in recent months, jumping from 28% to 44% between April and July 2022. This is the highest hardship rate and increase in the 2+ years of the RAPID survey. Read more: #StanfordEarlyChildhood https://t.co/GYvVBXLPPJ

[Elliot Haspel @ehaspel]

"The shortage of spaces means that some parents are still shut out of careers...Others have uprooted their lives and moved closer to family to receive more help. Still more are struggling to take care of their kids while working from home." -@jackiemader

https://t.co/6sBDuZtX36

[FIRST 5 Santa Clara County @FIRST5SCC]

Last night's Candidate Forum featured conversations on everything from child care to housing for families.

Special thanks to the mayoral candidates @MattMahanSJ and @SupCindyChavez for talking with the community about what we need to make #SanJose a city for all families.

[Christine Thorsteinson @CThorsteinson]

It was an honor to join our Santee community last night to talk about kids and families with the SJ Mayor candidates. Huge thanks to our moderator @rachaelmyrow and our incredible partners @EducareSV, @CatholicCharSCC, @FIRST5SCC, @siliconvalleycf, @choose_children!

[Choose Children @choose_children]

What a wonderful community candidate forum and conversation on children and families with the San Jose Mayoral candidates yesterday! Thanks to moderator @rachaelmyrow from KQED and our partners: @choose_children,@siliconvalleycf,@EducareSV,
@CatholicCharSCCA and @FIRST5SCC

[CSCCE at UC Berkeley @CSCCEUCB]

Check out ECHOES, a new web-based history project at @CSCCEUCB about the U.S. early care and education system, inequities throughout time, and #childcare activist movements. https://t.co/9V0uIDFT3q #ECE

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

The states that see the greatest progress over the coming decade will be those who most meaningfully couple the Science of Reading, for example, with the Science of Early Development - providing access to high-quality, developmentally appropriate early childhood experiences.

[CSCCE at UC Berkeley @CSCCEUCB]

Did you know that more than half of California's Family #Childcare providers have a median of 17 years experience in #ECE? Check out our new profiles of #CA #earlyeducators https://t.co/qWo5AMnD3s

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

After more than a decade in the field, one WA preschool teacher describes how she still couldn’t earn enough to put food on the table. So now the field has lost her and the benefit of her experience. https://t.co/6wS09UEFl5

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

🧵 This interesting analysis uses May 2021 salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to compare the earnings of #preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle, & high school teachers. But it really misses the mark when it comes to #earlyed wages.👇🏻👇🏻🧵https://t.co/kl5pv7THB6

[Choose Children @choose_children]

Read our full partnership pledge here:
https://t.co/Zjjmzynedf

[Christine Thorsteinson @CThorsteinson]

Santa Clara County candidates sound off on education - San José Spotlight https://t.co/ncl1vcpPTj via @SJSpotlight