Mark Swartz, Author at Early Learning Nation

Bridging Research and Practice with First Light Education Project Founder Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz

Mark Swartz·Mar 24, 2022·4 min read

At the Brazelton Touchpoints Center (BTC) National Forum next week, Dr. Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz will receive the T. Berry Brazelton Award....

Mark Swartz·Mar 17, 2022·6 min read

The ice cream truck, that American institution, is brilliant in its simplicity. Rather than waiting for kids to show up...

Mark Swartz·Mar 11, 2022·4 min read

Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...

Mark Swartz·Mar 10, 2022·5 min read

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

Mark Swartz·Mar 8, 2022·3 min read

New York City’s Robin Hood Foundation is known for applying rigorous metrics to evaluate the poverty-fighting impact of its grants,...

Mark Swartz·Feb 17, 2022·4 min read

Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...

Mark Swartz·Feb 15, 2022·6 min read

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

Mark Swartz·Feb 10, 2022·4 min read

Nobody studies early childhood for purely academic reasons; researchers’ studies hope to improve the lives of real kids. And the...

Mark Swartz·Feb 9, 2022·3 min read

Music, emotion and language are all tied up together. Neuroscientist Alistair Jennings has written that the brain “processes musical syntax...

Mark Swartz·Feb 2, 2022·6 min read

In the 1970s, New York Times delivery trucks didn’t go to neighborhoods like Majora Carter’s.

Majora Carter’s Community Manifesto Starts with Real Estate

Mark Swartz·Feb 1, 2022·3 min read

Gentrification is a subject that has launched a million listserv arguments. It often starts with complaints from longtime residents of...

Mark Swartz·Jan 25, 2022·5 min read

Guilford, the third largest county in North Carolina, was the site of the 1960 Woolworth counter sit-in that helped spread...

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