My conversation with the Center for Playful Inquiry’s Susan Harris MacKay and Matt Karlsen ignited an intense curiosity about how...
Early Learning Nation columnist Mark Swartz writes for and about nonprofit organizations. Author of the children's books Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe, Lost Flamingo, Magpie Bridge and The Giant of the Flood as well as a few novels, he lives in Takoma Park, MD, with his wife and two children.
According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, 3% of U.S. children are in kinship care. This could be an aunt...
On March 19, the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) hosted a discussion titled “Investing in the Future,” exploring the role...
What Inspires You to Work on Behalf of Young Children?
Celebrating the Week of the Young Child, April 6-12
Every week is the Week of the Young Child at Early Learning Nation magazine. The National Association for the Education...
How to Citizen is all about how to fix democracy, something that many Americans feel is deeply if not permanently broken. Early Learning Nation magazine interviewed Thurston, who also hosts America Outdoors on PBS, and gained insight into how he thinks about interpersonal and global issues alike.
Of Toddlers and Teenagers: Ellen Galinsky Breaks Through Adolescence with Brain Science and New Book
Ellen Galinsky’s The Breakthrough Years is the product of nearly a decade of exploration into the adolescent mind.
Bank Street College of Education’s second cohort of Early Childhood Policy Fellows includes 13 female leaders working toward quality and...
Partnership for America’s Children Nurtures a New Generation of Advocates and Leaders
5 Ways Millennials Push for State and Local Policy Change
Marquita Little Numan took the helm of Partnership for America’s Children last August, just a few weeks before the Executive...
Franklin County—the most populous county in Ohio and home to Ohio State University (OSU)—is also one of the Buckeye State’s...
Every parent does it. We let our young children use the iPad while we fold laundry or take a quick...
While we’re taking Early Learning Nation Studio on the road less often during the pandemic, we’re offering recaps—Top Takeaways—from important...
Having eyes in the back of your head isn’t in the job description, but it sure helps. One twin is...