Mark Swartz, Author at Early Learning Nation

The Power of First 10 Partnerships: 3 Examples

Part II of a two-part interview with David Jacobson

Mark Swartz·March 16, 2023·4 min read

The First 10 initiative of the Education Development Center (EDC) supports a network that will soon include more than 60...

The Power of First 10 Partnerships

Part I of a two-part interview with David Jacobson

Mark Swartz·March 16, 2023·5 min read

The First 10 initiative of the Education Development Center (EDC) supports a network that will soon include more than 60...

Harvard’s Nonie Lesaux on the Long and Winding Road to High-Quality, Universal Child Care

Mark Swartz·March 15, 2023·6 min read

Early education advocates cheered when President Biden’s State of the Union address noted that children who attend preschool are nearly...

Bank Street’s New Policy Fellowship Aims for Equity and Quality

Four Early Childhood Leaders Describe Their Journeys

Mark Swartz·March 9, 2023·5 min read

The Bank Street College of Education’s new Early Childhood Policy Fellowship got started this past September. The year-long, remote, no-cost...

Better Communities Collaborative in Athens, Ga. Supports Families and Communities, Inspires Others

Mark Swartz·March 7, 2023·4 min read

Southern Living magazine calls it the South’s Best College Town, but Athens-Clark County also has its challenges, including a 30%...

“Children Learn What They Live”: Building Empathy in Marin County

Mark Swartz·March 2, 2023·4 min read

What do you do when a preschooler throws a desk? For Carol Barton, project director of Early Childhood Education in...

5 Top Takeaways from the Hunt Institute Conversation: Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health

Mark Swartz·February 23, 2023·3 min read

On February 7, the Hunt Institute hosted a conversation on the health outcomes of mothers and infants of color, as compared to their white counterparts.

Investing in New Systems for Paying Educators What They Need and Deserve

New Grant Opportunity Deadline May 1, 2023

Mark Swartz·February 21, 2023·3 min read

For U.S. children to realize their potential, the professionals who care and educate them need the training, respect and compensation...

FUEL for Asylum Seekers and Their Children

Robin Hood Supports ASAP in Navigating the Complicated Process

Mark Swartz·February 15, 2023·5 min read

Fleeing from death threats and domestic abuse in Honduras, Diana braved the journey to the United States with her three...

Not Just Another Museum Visit: A New Program Lets Incarcerated Parents Experience CMOM with Their Children

Mark Swartz·February 10, 2023·3 min read

It looks like just another ordinary day at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM). A dozen mothers and about 30...

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