Kara Waddell - Nonprofit CEO
@TexasEarlyEd
Current CEO of @ChildCareAssoc focused on solving child care & early ed. Juggling mother, wife & nonprofit leadership. (retweets ≠endorsement/views personal)
40% of children under 2 in the US today have their own technology devices (as per Common Sense Media). What are the long term impacts??! Important questions at @asugsvsummit 2025! @hechingerreport @L_willen @ChildCareAssoc
Amazing conversations at @asugsvsummit including Liz Willen @L_willen of @hechingerreport with Isabelle Hau of Stanford Accelerator for Learning! Intentional tech!
Hats off to @CityOfArlington and @TarrantCountyTX for partnering with @ChildCareAssoc to ensure Arlington families have access to quality care for working families... and quality @earlyed for children. tinyurl.com/486jhr2a
Into the Stargate we go… Once we go through, we may never return to how things were 🌠 👻claim your scary NFT here: gh0stlyghosts.com Don't miss your chance - available 24h ⏰
Her: Why do guys always think about the Roman Empire? Me: $boo... lius Caeser?
🍁🍎📚Education and learning go hand-in-hand! CCA's little learners are embracing the fall with apple adventures! They core-ageously explored, picked and tasted several varieties! Which apples are your favorite? #RedRibbonWeek #HeadStartAwarenessWeek #AutumnAdventures
Hats off to @MayorMattie Parker, Mayor Jim Toss and @TarrantCountyTX for insight to convene leaders across N.Texas for new thinking around #childcare
Tarrant County Blue Ribbon Action Committee on Child Care met yesterday to discuss critical opportunities for improving quality & access of child care at scale in NTX & beyond.
Cross-sector collaboration is critical for systems-building and systems-redesign. Early childhood is no different and we are proud Tarrant County's community leaders stepped up to help drive child care & early learning forward. Here are there priorities:
Powerful snapshots of life leadership from Coach K… great profile and snapshot!
There is the Mike Krzyzewski everyone sees on TV. Then there is the Krzyzewski that those close to him know.
Who hoo!! Congrats to @twuniversity for this exciting degree option! It’s time to rebuild our early educator workforce! twu.edu/literacy-and-l… @ChildCareAssoc
New national database is worthy of understanding and helpful! Check it out!! (But let’s all remember that, adding up what programs currently put out for prices is radically different than their full costs or what the true costs of quality would be) dol.gov/agencies/wb/to…
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It’s time for America to have a hard talk about birth equity. Did you know that infant mortality among black newborns is more than DOUBLE that of white babies? Or that black mothers die more than THREE TIMES as often during childbirth? 🧵
Hey #EarlyEd policy types - any meaningful analysis of 2022 inflation's impact on child care businesses? We know child care cost has outpaced inflation in years prior - but 2022? @ehaspel @HuntEarlyEd @ChildCareAware @NAEYC
We always knew educational leadership matters in #earlyed but schools integrating elementary ed and early ed, how prepared are these principals for leading and guiding instruction among 3s and 4s? tinyurl.com/yt7w85z8