Background: In US contexts, the language of “quality” early childhood education is widely
invoked to evaluate the “goodness” of teaching and learning and is often leveraged in …

In this paper, I share everyday stories of young people's pedagogical encounters with water.
I share these stories as illustrations of pedagogies that welcome young people into caring …

This article examines the role of play-based early childhood programs in perpetuating or
interrupting messages of white supremacy which murder the spirits of Black children while …

With renewed emphasis on civic education in K–12 schools, educators and politicians call
for young people to engage in civic action. Worth considering are the kinds of ideas taken …

In this manuscript, we recognize that young children learn stories that propagate white
supremacist narratives through selective traditions of early childhood curriculum. The role of …

The prison abolition movement has brought attention to the American carceral crisis, or
better yet, the mass incarceration and disproportionate criminalization of Black people in …

Contemporary battles over transgender rights reinvigorate the figure of the innocent,
ignorant, and vulnerable child at risk and in need of protection. However, critical childhood …

Efforts to “professionalize” early childhood through professional standards, licensure
requirements, and standardized assessments have aimed to support effective practice and …

In this critical, qualitative study, we utilized Disability Critical Race Theory and revolutionary
mothering to understand how Mothers of Color who have young children with disabilities …

Amidst numerous curricular reforms across the USA that censor reading materials and
promote standardized literacy policies, the authors ask in this article: What rights do early …