Mark Swartz

More Bad News for Child Care: The Importance of Not Looking Away

Our Broken Child Care System and How to Fix It, Part 2

Laura Justice and Mark Swartz·May 20, 2020·8 min read

In this three-part series, Dr. Laura Justice—executive director of the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy at The... Read More

Behind the Mask: Alicia Lieberman Reflects on Trauma and Toddlers

Mark Swartz·May 7, 2020·3 min read

Dr. Alicia Lieberman was on a telemedicine call with a mother and her four-year-old son. The boy was continually and... Read More

Before Coronavirus, the U.S. Child Care Landscape Was Already in Crisis

Our Broken Child Care System and How to Fix It, Part 1

Laura Justice and Mark Swartz·May 5, 2020·6 min read

In this three-part series, Dr. Laura Justice—executive director of the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy at The... Read More

Big Plans for Little Kids

Just Don’t Call It Shark Tank for Toddlers

Mark Swartz·April 28, 2020·2 min read

Well before the rest of us started hunkering down and conducting most of our meetings via online video platforms, Promise... Read More

Captain Underpants Is Welcome Here: Carla Hayden’s Vision for Community Hubs

She not only runs the world greatest library. She also keeps a Little Free Library in her office.

Mark Swartz·April 22, 2020·4 min read

A librarian right down to her sensible shoes, Dr. Carla Hayden greets visitors to her office in the Library of... Read More

Goodbye, Chipmunks. Hello, Books. Dea Wright Builds a Space for Children in Milwaukee.

Mark Swartz·April 13, 2020·4 min read

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has called Dea Wright the city’s “early childhood education czar.” True to someone entrusted with czarlike power,... Read More

Save the Children’s Creative COVID-19 Response

Mark Swartz·April 7, 2020·3 min read

It’s a cruel irony of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic: the youngest children, whose brains depend on education for healthy brain... Read More

Resetting Expectations: 5 Takeaways from a Webinar on Screen Time in the Age of COVID-19

Mark Swartz·April 7, 2020·2 min read

Hiding in the basement from my wife and kids, I tuned into a recent webinar on screen time, part of... Read More

Now & Later: Marcus Bullock’s Entrepreneurial Spirit

The Flikshop founder’s three rules for success

Mark Swartz·April 2, 2020·5 min read

One of the less-remarked-upon consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic is the discontinuation of prison visits. Suddenly, Flikshop Angels, a program... Read More