The Washington, D.C.-based Bainum Family Foundation recently announced a five-year, $100 million funding commitment to early childhood. The ambitious plan...
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.
Stephanie Simon, program manager of First Up, was on her way to a site visit when her phone rang. “If...
Early Learning Nation magazine often focuses on child care and early education, which comprise about one-fifth of the $648 billion...
Agents in Their Own Learning
Q&A with the Play Learning Lab’s Angela Pyle
Dr. Angela Pyle is director of the Play Learning Lab at University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education....
It’s no surprise that the entire Early Learning Nation magazine team is filled with readers (and authors, too): voracious, life-long...
On June 25, the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading held a webinar on the benefits and risks of bringing artificial intelligence...
With more than 1.5 million members, Moms Clean Air Force unleashes the power of mothers on behalf of Mother Nature....
While we’re taking Early Learning Nation Studio on the road less often during the pandemic, we’re offering recaps—Top Takeaways—from important...
What do you get when you put a young child and a young adult together in a classroom? Magic, says Crystal Rountree, CEO of Jumpstart.
First, the good news. As it turns out, the so-called summer slide might not be the threat to our nation’s...
New Report: How Supercharging the Child Tax Credit Benefited Young Children, and What Comes Next
An Interview with Olivia Golden
The federal Child Tax Credit (CTC) expanded in 2021 to address hardships families were facing during the pandemic. The size...
In upstate New York, like many other parts of the country, the supply of child care has failed to keep...