Changing the Game for Generation Alpha: Teaching and Raising Young Children in the 21st Century

“Generation Alpha” applies to children born between 2011 and 2025. They will be raised in smaller and constantly evolving families, digital natives, more tech-savvy than previous generations, globally-connected, diverse, and will live and interact with many more generations. Because of these differences, the next generation and the nation is transforming in ways that adults have never experienced before. Valora Washington invites you to consider how to advocate for and influence the trajectories of this next generation.

Raising Generation Alpha Kids looks at how this generation of young children presents new opportunities and challenges, and supports and informs the two principal groups of adults in children’s lives―their families and early childhood educators.

With over 30 years of experience, Dr. Valora Washington, former CEO of the Council for Professional Recognition, is a top authority in early care and education. She has conceptualized, led, facilitated, and executed significant change initiatives. Spanning higher education; local, state, and federal government; organizational development; research; and advocacy, her efforts have led to strategic changes for policy, programs, and practice in philanthropy, national organizations, and local initiatives.