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Last April, Antoine Robinson was hired as a maintenance man at the Bright Beginnings preschool in Southeast Washington. The way Robinson does his job makes a lot of people happy, but there’s one person, in particular, he’s eager to impress: his 3-year-old son, Amir, a student at the school. ...

Tiarra Abu-Bakr’s title is six words long: “child and family trauma support specialist.” Amid that mix of warm, inviting adjectives — child, family, support — is a word that sounds scary: trauma. It may be the most important word of all. Abu-Bakr works at Bright Beginnings, a preschool...

(Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that Bright Beginnings (BBI), a community organization with a long history of providing high-quality comprehensive services to young children and families who are furthest from opportunity, will be the infant and toddler care provider at Thad...

“Who doesn’t want to have a cool kid around?” is the way Mary McCane puts it. That kid is Zhion, her 3-year-old grandson. Together, the two ride two Metrobuses every morning so Zhion can attend Bright Beginnings, a preschool in Southeast D.C. “It’s the strangest thing,” McCane t...

Shania Walker believes small victories can lead to big ones. And she’s the proof. “Being a single mom can be tough,” Walker told me recently at Bright Beginnings, a preschool in Southeast Washington that serves children from families that have experienced homelessness. It serves their pa...