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5 Top Takeaways from the Town Hall: How Richmond VA Is Approaching Reopening

Mark Swartz·Jul 14, 2020·2 min read

The trauma of COVID-19 is widespread but not evenly distributed. Some communities are suffering more than others. The Commonwealth of Virginia has seen encouraging numbers lately, but of course it is not out of the woods. A recent Town Hall for Richmond-area parents featured...

The Hunt Institute Releases Comprehensive Resource of State Directives for Child Care in Response to COVID-19

Leigh Giangreco·Apr 6, 2020·5 min read

Monitoring the patchwork of responses to COVID-19 across 50 states can be overwhelming. For example, in Washington state, a slowdown...

Top Takeaways from the Educare Webinar: Pandemic Responses in Three Cities

Mark Swartz·Aug 6, 2020·2 min read

“We’re not going to grow as a nation without a strong system of care,” Gladys Montes stated at the outset...

7 #StayHome Brain-Building Activities from First Book

Mark Swartz·Mar 31, 2020·3 min read

The COVID-19 pandemic continues, and you’re at home with the little ones. We’re still here for you. Earlier we shared...

5 Top Takeaways from the Conversation: Early Childhood Philanthropic Leaders Discuss Deploying Risk Capital

Mark Swartz·Sep 15, 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...

Slowing the #SummerSlide

Mark Swartz and Art Hondros (Illustrator)·Jun 23, 2020·6 min read

Summer’s here, and the time is right for… helping our kids hold onto what they learned during this extraordinary year....

The Rainbow Connection Project: Building Community While Social Distancing

Linda Shockley·Mar 25, 2020·2 min read

Building community in a COVID-19 world is tough. But Brooklynites are nothing if not creative, industrious and hard-wired for...

The Rapid-EC Survey Project: Listening to Families, Collecting the Evidence to Support Change

Mark Swartz·Jan 20, 2022·6 min read

What do you do when the world is turned upside-down? Once you stop panicking, you listen. That’s the core value...

Three Lessons the U.S. Can Learn From International COVID-19 Child Care Responses

Elliot Haspel·May 14, 2020·4 min read

Anyone who has been following the intersection of COVID-19 and child care knows that the U.S. is not doing well....

Building Young Brains When Schools Are Closed, Part 3: Outdoor Tips and Activities

Our Top Tips for Parents and Caregivers

Mark Swartz and Art Hondros (Illustrator)·Mar 24, 2020·1 min read

This is part 3 of a a three-part series. Read Part 1 (Offline Activities) and Part 2 (Online Tips). In...

Operating All the Levers

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

Mark Swartz·Nov 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...

RAPID Goes Local: Community-Specific Content for Community-Specific Needs

Mark Swartz·Jun 28, 2023·5 min read

Since the early weeks of the pandemic, advocates and policymakers have relied on RAPID’s survey results for up-to-the-minute snapshots of...

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