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‘Ten Birthday Cakes? We’ll Take Care of It’

Jazzy Sun Birthdays Connects Homeless Kids and Volunteers for Their Special Day

K.C. Compton·November 24, 2020·8 min read

Volunteers with Jazzy Sun Birthdays are accustomed to a wide variety of requests for birthday themes from the children they... Read More

Celebrating the Holidays Together, Apart

Cooking with Kids, Interviews, Recipes!

Claire Raffel·November 23, 2020·10 min read

A warm bite of pumpkin pie. Crisp potato latkes. Steam rising from a savory tamal. The tastes and aromas of... Read More

Mindfulness and Young Children: Six Resources for Beginners and Skeptics

Mark Swartz·November 19, 2020·3 min read

Sometimes a term gets repeated so often that the meaning becomes obscure. While it might seem like we’re all talking... Read More

An Electoral “Children’s Wave”

Q&A with Children's Funding Project Founder Elizabeth Gaines

Elliot Haspel·November 17, 2020·6 min read

On November 3rd, seven early childhood ballot initiatives went before voters in cities and counties around the nation. All seven... Read More

A New Path to Education Reform: Playful Learning Promotes 21st-Century Skills in Schools and Beyond

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Helen Shwe Hadani and Elias Blinkoff·November 16, 2020·1 min read

Our friends at the Brookings Institution create remarkable work and we take great pleasure in sharing it with our audiences.... Read More

Milwaukee Art Museum: Remarkable Art Lives Here

Children are Welcomed and Nurtured

Dianne Choie·November 12, 2020·4 min read

The Milwaukee Art Museum is a glorious place. The payoff begins before you enter the doors with that gorgeous architecture... Read More

Wes Moore’s Tale of Two Cities

Fate and Faith in Baltimore, New York City and Beyond

Mark Swartz·November 11, 2020·5 min read

Just as Early Learning Nation showcases the ways families, researchers and grassroots nonprofits and organizations are building an early learning... Read More

Operating All the Levers

How Foundations Focused on Early Childhood Adapt and Re-Adapt to Changing Times

Mark Swartz·November 10, 2020·3 min read

Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps... Read More

“Like a Dream Become Reality”: Multnomah’s Preschool For All Effort Showcases Parent Power

Elliot Haspel·November 9, 2020·5 min read

In this two-part series, Elliot Haspel explores how one Oregon region mobilized to generate an innovative, next-generation plan for universal... Read More

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