We wanted to see what would happen if we gave kids structural explanations for police violence. Would they be able to understand them? Would it change how they thought?

Check out this research-backed guidance with kid-friendly language for caregivers discussing police violence with children. 

Kim Brenneman of the Heising-Simons Foundation shares about her passion for early education, her work at the foundation, and what gives her hope in philanthropy.

Like other parts of children’s development, learning about race begins very early — even before they’re walking and talking — and continues throughout childhood.

Children learn about race comes from many sources – not just their families. They are growing up in a world that provides a lot of information, misinformation, and messages about race. Here's a quick look at some of those sources and the kinds of messages they send.

When I was a kid, I saw my cultural identity represented in media on opposite ends of the spectrum: completely Americanized or completely Chinese.

I am one of more and more Black and brown parents looking at our legacy of parenting practices and decolonizing the way we make room for our children.

What if, together, we created some bits of infrastructure to help us identify, organize and connect practitioners and researchers, individuals and organizations in the emerging field of children’s racial learning?