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  • Pomp and Circumstances

    Memorial Day weekend is uneventful for so many families because their kids—who should have been part of the class of 2013—didn’t cross the dais with their classmates.

  • Honoring Mothers

    This weekend, while we’re honoring, remembering, and thanking our Moms, who have shaped our lives, let’s also think about what we can do to support all the mothers in our communities when we return to work.

  • Harnessing the Potential of Unemployable Youth

    Working with KIDS COUNT I see a lot of numbers. I also see a lot of problems. I see a lot of problem numbers! But rarely do I see a number or a problem with a potential solution as concrete as the one that could help Georgia re-engage its floundering young people and help them become contributing members of our state.

  • Spring Is a Season of Life-Changing—or Ending—Choices

    The warm spring weather may not have reached all of Georgia, yet, but spring break, prom and graduation season begins tonight. The atmosphere of laughter and celebration can shift to horror and grief in the blink of an eye if our teens choose to drink and drive, or text from behind the wheel.

  • Reclaiming Georgia’s Food Wastelands

    A story in The Augusta Chronicle points out that there are neighborhoods filled with houses and people and convenience stores. But on the food map they appear as large empty patches where residents lack access to healthy foods, which experts say sets them up for obesity and food-related diseases.

  • Swiss Cheese and Early Brain Development

    Early brain development research tells us that negative experiences can delay brain development, lead to extreme aggression, and may even cause huge holes to form in areas where higher-level brain functioning should take place.

  • Open Position: Project Manager at Georgia Meth Project

    Our friends at the Georgia Meth Project have an opening for a program manager to lead the development and execution of the Georgia Meth Project’s community outreach, while also supporting day-to-day operations and managing projects.

  • Why Commissioner Bobby Cagle Believes in Quality Rated

    Commissioner Bobby Cagle of Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning reveals how his former career as a parole officer drives his commitment to Quality Rated, Georgia’s voluntary quality rating and improvement system.

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