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Jackie Mader

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Jackie Mader covers early childhood education and writes the early ed newsletter. In her ten years at Hechinger, she has covered a range of topics including teacher preparation, special education and rural schools. She previously worked as a special education teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina, and trained new teachers in Mississippi. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, USA Today, TIME and NBC News and has won several awards, including the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Nellie Bly Award from The New York Press Club and a Front Page Award from The Newswomen’s Club of New York. In 2021, she was one of two American journalists chosen for the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma’s Early Childhood Development Fellowship. She received a bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount University and a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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Posted inEarly Education

Kids’ access to recess varies greatly

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Is recess a right or a privilege?

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More employers offering child care benefits to lower-wage workers

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States stuck trying to fix early ed pay as feds drop the ball

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The child care worker shortage is reaching crisis proportions nationally. Could Milwaukee provide the answer?

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Kids can learn more from guided play than from direct instruction, report finds

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Behind the findings of the Tennessee pre-K study that found negative effects for graduates

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A state-funded pre-K program led to ‘significantly negative effects’ for kids in Tennessee

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Two ways schools can ease Covid-19’s trauma for students—and one for teachers

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A little-known program could be a model for how to spend billions in federal money on childcare

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