Mark Swartz, Author at Early Learning Nation

All Our Kin: Fortifying Family Child Care—and Families—with 130 Organizations and Agencies in 23 States and Washington, D.C.

Mark Swartz·May 23, 2023·4 min read

All Our Kin is an innovative national nonprofit leading the effort to transform the U.S. child care system. Launched 24...

A Day Trip to Philadelphia Shows What Playful Learning Is—and Isn’t

Part 1 of "Seasons of Play" Series

Mark Swartz·May 23, 2023·4 min read

“Play is an activity enjoyed for its own sake,” writes Diane Ackerman in her 1999 book Deep Play. “It is...

New Step-by-Step Activity Guide Helps Adults Discuss Race with Young Children

Mark Swartz·May 19, 2023·4 min read

Author and advocate Heather McGhee has said, “Everything we believe comes from a story we’ve been told.” Whether they come...

Escaping the Policy Labyrinth with New America’s New Practice Lab

Mark Swartz·May 16, 2023·5 min read

According to New America’s recent “Lost in the Labyrinth” report, “Families with the youngest children stand to gain the most...

How to Make Mother’s Day 2023 One for the Ages

Mark Swartz·May 10, 2023·6 min read

Early Learning Nation magazine asked some of our favorite people, What’s one thing our readers can do to make the...

5 Top Takeaways: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Indian Child Welfare Act

Mark Swartz·May 3, 2023·3 min read

As we logged onto this webinar, we were greeted by the sights and sounds of Frank Waln’s “My Stone.” All...

5 Top Takeaways from the Webinar on Mixed Delivery Hosted by the Learning Policy Institute and the National Institute for Early Education Research

Multiple Paths to Quality

Mark Swartz·April 28, 2023·5 min read

On April 19, the Learning Policy Institute (LPI) and the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) cohosted a webinar...

Book Review: Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty

Unfiltered Portraits of Underpaid Mothers

Mark Swartz·April 25, 2023·4 min read

Getting Me Cheap presents the stories and struggles of working women and mothers relegated to jobs on the labor market's lowest rungs.

Rhythm, Blues and the Revolutionary Power of Creativity

Mark Swartz·April 21, 2023·5 min read

Just as Early Learning Nation showcases the ways families, researchers and grassroots nonprofits and organizations are building an early learning...

“A Sense of Urgency Like Never Before”: Dismantling Racist Systems with Leah Austin

Mark Swartz·April 18, 2023·6 min read

Leah Austin, Ed.D., president & CEO of the National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) spoke with Early Learning Nation magazine...

Mark Swartz

All Our Kin: Fortifying Family Child Care—and Families—with 130 Organizations and Agencies in 23 States and Washington, D.C.

A Day Trip to Philadelphia Shows What Playful Learning Is—and Isn’t

New Step-by-Step Activity Guide Helps Adults Discuss Race with Young Children

Escaping the Policy Labyrinth with New America’s New Practice Lab

How to Make Mother’s Day 2023 One for the Ages

5 Top Takeaways: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Indian Child Welfare Act

5 Top Takeaways from the Webinar on Mixed Delivery Hosted by the Learning Policy Institute and the National Institute for Early Education Research

Book Review: Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty

Rhythm, Blues and the Revolutionary Power of Creativity

“A Sense of Urgency Like Never Before”: Dismantling Racist Systems with Leah Austin

Elliot’s Provocations: When the Waters Rise on Child Care Programs

5 Questions for the Governor: Oklahoma’s Kevin Stitt

Rhythm, Blues and the Revolutionary Power of Creativity

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