About Us
Early Learning Nation is an independent magazine devoted to early learning (0-5 years), reporting on groundbreaking research, early learning policy and best practices in the field.
Our mission
Early Learning Nation magazine creates journalism from, and for, the early learning field. Our journalists have unique access and insights to the challenges and successes of all-things-early-childhood, and we publish stories that support policymakers, researchers, scientists, advocates and families in creating equitable and groundbreaking work in their communities and lives.
With the shuttering of independent news providers over the last five years, and the loss of so many education and early childhood beats in the outlets that do remain, our communities are hungry for information—and connection.
Early Learning Nation magazine publishes work from all over this complex landscape, including:
Groundbreaking research from the science of the developing brain
Case studies in policy and advocacy that demonstrate winning strategies
Interviews and deep dives with authors, practitioners and innovators
And so much more.
You can follow along with our work by signing up for our monthly newsletter, joining us on Substack, following us on LinkedIn and other social media, or viewing our interviews from our pop-up Early Learning Nation Studio on our YouTube channel. We’re glad you’re here.
Our history
Founded as an early learning hub in 2018, we learned from our audiences that what was needed was independent journalism—an Early Learning Nation magazine—to cover the complex landscape of early learning with facts, statistics, interviews and breaking policy news.
We listened. In two short years, we transformed a fledgling hub into a dynamic magazine, garnering enthusiastic praise from nonprofit leaders, researchers, parents, educators and policymakers. We couldn’t have done it without top journalists to explore the latest in the science of the developing brain, breaking policy news, illuminating interviews and deep dives into early learning challenges and successes from across the U.S., and beyond.
Timing was key in our evolution as the COVID-19 pandemic and newsroom closures offered a one-two punch. “Independent publishing” means that we’re not part of the corporate, for-profit media. This is important as newspapers—both corporate and independent—have shuttered at an alarming rate even before the pandemic. For those that remain, many of the education and early learning beats have been eliminated. We’ve lost community journalism and local journalism, which has been replaced with news deserts and paywalls.
Early Learning Nation is meeting the moment: covering the early learning beat, free for all, available 24/7.
