Emily Tate Sullivan is a contract early care and education correspondent at The 74. She was previously an award-winning senior reporter at EdSurge, where she wrote about early childhood and K-12 education; her coverage of children, families and educators has also appeared in numerous national outlets, from Mother Jones to WIRED, USA Today, Slate and the Associated Press. Among her many accolades are the national awards for beat reporting and features writing from the Education Writers Association; she was also named a 2020 finalist for the coveted Livingston Award.