Ken Burns: Committing to Complexity
Nothing against TikTok, but the documentarian still believes in sustained attention
If you add it all up, Ken Burns and PBS have broadcast over 200 hours of documentary films. It might...
Community Cultivators
Just as Early Learning Nation showcases the ways families, researchers and grassroots nonprofits and organizations are building an early learning nation—one community at a time—our Community Cultivators series highlights how innovators across all sectors build and sustain global communities from the ground up. We hope the series inspires your own early childhood work.
Parents and Caregivers Are Vital to Children’s Early Learning and Development
A team at the University of Chicago's TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health is building resources to help them understand brain development.
Tune in, talk more, take turns is good advice for anyone hoping to build their conversational skills. It is also...
In the 1970s, New York Times delivery trucks didn’t go to neighborhoods like Majora Carter’s.
Uché Blackstock didn’t plan to become a radical physician, but the pain and death she witnessed at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn radicalized her.
A decade ago, early childhood advocacy could be a lonely pursuit. “It felt like we were talking to an empty auditorium,” says Bruce D. Perry, MD, Ph.D. “Now there are more people in the auditorium. They’re recognizing the power of early childhood, the importance of creating policy and practice that will benefit children and that will meet the needs of the adults who are caring for young children.”
The Songs That Saved Mary Gauthier
A New Memoir, Plus Songwriting with Soldiers
“Music is very, very important for brain development,” Mary Gauthier states. “Especially when you sing together.”
Students Rebuild Inspires Creativity, Builds Global Community for Philanthropy
Meet Leonetta Elaiho—Chief Empowerment Officer
From the time she was a young person herself—specifically, a 15-year-old camp counselor in Seattle—Leonetta Elaiho has seen the many...
Jessica Meir’s Five Rules for Being a Good Earthling
One Half of the World’s First All-Female Space Walking Duo Returns to Solid Ground
During her 205 days on the International Space Station, astronaut Jessica Meir had a little green friend. It wasn’t a Martian, it was mizuna lettuce that she tended as part of an experiment. “There was definitely a psychological component of having something green we could take care of,” she says. “We also got to eat it.”
Just as Early Learning Nation showcases the ways families, researchers and grassroots nonprofits and organizations are building an early learning...
Shared Values, Different Stories
Logan Smalley’s Vision for Building Community
Like a lot of kids, Logan Smalley liked to take his toys apart and then try (the operative word is...
Weavers: Geniuses at Connecting & Building Community
David Brooks’s Search for Everyday Heroes
From where David Brooks stands, the State of the Union is a long, long way from sound. The author and...
It all started with a spanakopita. Ellie Krieger was about eight years old, and her mother and aunt took her...
