by Brandy Lawrence, Emily Sharrock, and Joe Waters — Capita and the Bank Street College of Education are two organizations tied together by a singular commitment to the flourishing of children and families now and for future generations. …

Earlier this summer we asked some of our board members, friends, and advisors to share their summer vacation reading recommendations with us. These books have already inspired, informed, and fostered a deeper committment to the work of our closest collaborators in 2019.We are pleased to share them with you and…

Earlier this summer we asked some of our board members, friends, and advisors to share their summer vacation reading recommendations with us. These books have already inspired, informed, and fostered a deeper committment to the work of our closest collaborators in 2019.We …

Population data released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau points to an aging country where children of color under 15 years old now make up the majority of children. As Brookings’ William Frey noted, the “nation’s diversity is percolating from the “bottom up” as the white population ages.” …

We live in an age of relational deficits: from an epidemic of loneliness in Western Europe, so-called “deaths of despair” in the United States, forced and voluntary migration that breaks up families and relationships in Syria, Yemen, and elsewhere, it is clear that we lack the types of strong, healthy…

Based in Melbourne, Australia, Lucy Davidson is the CEO of Future Tracks, a new social enterprise designed to attract and support the next generation of early childhood teachers by providing strong career pathways, mentoring and leadership opportunities to students while they complete a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education. …

Assisi is a mountain town that clings to the side of Mount Subasio between Perugia and Spoleto overlooking the Umbrian Valley. Best known as the home of St. Francis and St. Clare — thirteenth-century holy people and ecclesiastical reformers — it has more recently become known as a center for…

by Joe Waters and Sam Jones “We face the future fortified only with the lessons we have learned from the past. It is today that we must create the world of the future. Spinoza, I think, pointed out that we ourselves can make experience valuable when, by imagination and reason…

by James C. Edwards This essay is adapted from a reflection provided by the philosopher Jim Edwards for the Capita Board of Directors during their meeting on April 15, 2019. Edwards is a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Furman University. He is the author of The Authority of Language: Heidegger…