The Kidango Connection

Category: Preschool

Make Childcare Essential- Yvonne's Story

Every child in this country deserves quality education. As a former Kidango Parent I think it is essential that every child receives quality education and quality childcare. Not everyone is able to afford private preschool or a home based daycare.…

Head Start Awareness Month-Veronica's Story

by Maéva Renaud She/Her/hers Community Organizer In 1982, October was designated National Head Start Awareness month by President Ronald Reagan. According to NHSA, “Head Start is the national commitment to give every child, regardless of circumstances at birth, an opportunity…

A Kidango Father, A Nobel Laureate, and Pre-K for All

By Peggy Daly Pizzo, M.Ed, Ed.M and Ed Greene, PhD. June 16, 2019 What might world-renowned Nobel Laureate economist James Heckman, seated at his desk at the University of Chicago---and Robert Coil, a father who, with his wife, is raising…

Opening Doors to Parent Leadership with Abriendo Puertas

By Bianca De La Piedra, Early Head Start Family Advocate at Kidango. Published on May 10, 2019. And it begins! We are opening doors not just for ourselves, but also for our future leaders. It’s time for learning, sharing, and embarking…