What do you do when the world is turned upside-down? Once you stop panicking, you listen. That’s the core value...
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.
Experts and officials often talk about “child care deserts” to describe regions without enough formal child care, but Maki Park...
Marti Beard is a fifth-generation rancher in addition to being vice president of Early Childhood Programs of Nebraska Children and...
States are taking early childhood education seriously. A recent report from the Alliance for Early Success documents the progress. (See...
We’ve been through a lot together the past few years. A lot. A few weeks ago, experts and teachers told...
Erin Kirkley, 25, of San Antonio, Tex., discovered the Ella Austin Community Center last year when she brought her baby...
We’re major fans of The Hunt Institute’s Early Efforts series of webinars moderated by Dan Wuori, Ph.D., who is not only unfailingly eloquent but also thoroughly well versed in the nuances of policy and the implications for young learners.
“What some may see as a gap,” says Jovanna Archuleta, “that’s not necessarily a gap. We can learn a lot...
Early Learning Nation’s community of experts, advocates, leaders and readers continues to grow. As much as we’d like to, we...
In Part I of this interview, Dr. Joshua Sparrow, executive director of the Brazelton Touchpoints Center, delves into the legacy...
Recently, the anthropologist James Peacock III told me about the night in 1964 when his newborn daughter Louly had swallowed...
Married 33 years and a new grandmother, Ireland recently caught Early Learning Nation’s attention on social media because of her enthusiastic participation in the #ClearTheList campaign, helping teachers obtain school supplies.
