The Power of First 10 Partnerships Part I of a two-part interview with David Jacobson Mark Swartz·Mar 16, 2023·5 min readThe First 10 initiative of the Education Development Center (EDC) supports a network that will soon include more than 60... Read More
Investing in New Systems for Paying Educators What They Need and Deserve New Grant Opportunity Deadline May 1, 2023 Mark Swartz·Feb 21, 2023·3 min readFor U.S. children to realize their potential, the professionals who care and educate them need the training, respect and compensation... Read More
An Environmental Health Scientist’s Recipe for Giving the Next Generation a Safe FutureMark Swartz·Feb 7, 2023·5 min readFrederica Perera, founder of the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health, didn’t write Children’s Health and the Perils of Climate... Read More
A New Year of Reflection, Impact and EquityMark Swartz and Art Hondros (Illustrator)·Dec 27, 2022·6 min readHope, wrote Emily Dickinson, is the thing with feathers. To which we would add glitter, glue, googly eyes and the... Read More
Giving Thanks: Early Childhood Leaders and Educators Express Their GratitudeMark Swartz and Art Hondros (Illustrator)·Nov 23, 2022·6 min readWhat are you most thankful for in the early learning world? We put the question to Early Learning Nation’s community... Read More
Elliot Haspel Is Building Bridges between Early Childhood and Climate ChangeMark Swartz and Elliot Haspel·Nov 16, 2022·6 min readEarly Learning Nation columnist Elliot Haspel recently joined Capita as a Senior Fellow working on establishing a new philanthropic fund... Read More
“Clarissa’s Battle” and the Campaign for Child Care Subsidies Talking to the director and the title subject of an important new documentary Mark Swartz·May 24, 2022·4 min read“Clarissa’s Battle” tells the story of a 10-year campaign for a tax increase to subsidize child care in Alameda County,... Read More
Turning NYC into an Early Learning Metropolis Robin Hood’s Kelvin Chan on FUEL’s Investments in the Youngest New Yorkers Mark Swartz·May 16, 2022·4 min readShortly after Kelvin Chan, PhD, managing director of Early Childhood at Robin Hood, gave a SXSW presentation on Fund for... Read More
An Interview with Dana Suskind: “When a Group Speaks with One Voice, Society Listens” Part 2 of a 2-part Conversation Mark Swartz·Apr 27, 2022·5 min readDr. Dana Suskind’s Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child’s Potential, Fulfilling Society’s Promise diagnoses a range of obstacles that prevent young... Read More
An Interview with Dana Suskind: “Extreme Situations Can Be Clarifying” Part 1 of a 2-part Conversation Mark Swartz·Apr 27, 2022·4 min readDr. Dana Suskind’s Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child’s Potential, Fulfilling Society’s Promise diagnoses a range of obstacles that prevent young... Read More
New Orleans Coalition Pushes for Child Care Measure with Multigenerational EffectMark Swartz·Apr 21, 2022·7 min readIn February, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. awarded a $5 million Advancing Cities prize to the NOLA C.A.R.E.S. coalition (New... Read More
Unite/Disrupt/Transform with Child Care Aware of America Register Today for the May 1-4 Symposium Mark Swartz·Apr 15, 2022·2 min readChild Care Aware of America’s Symposium brings together individuals from across the country to discuss research, policy and practices related... Read More