Takoma Park, Md., population 17,672, is often gently lampooned by the Washington Post for its progressive politics and community activism....
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.
Does preschool help children become more successful adults? In a recent piece in The Wall Street Journal, Dr. Alison Gopnik (coauthor of The Scientist in the Crib, among other books) writes,
“Some of this stuff doesn't even make sense,” marvels Malcolm Mitchell, children’s author and executive director of the Share the Magic Foundation. “I'm actually sometimes taken aback by it, because I don't really know how it all transpired. Talking through it kind of helps.”
In 2016, when Philadelphia became the first big U.S. city to tax sugary beverages, many expected other others to follow....
Affirming and celebrating all language practices supports children’s identity, and social and emotional well being, as well as fosters their...
Martha’s Vineyard, an island south of Cape Cod, Mass., has long been known as a resort community for prosperous Black families as well as a gathering place for Democratic Party leaders and supporters. There’s more to the picture, however, than summertime wealth and power. A recent report based on the American Communities Survey described “a continuing housing crisis and some of the deeply ingrained inequality affecting the rest of the country.”
Maxine Clark, founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop and Chief Executive Bear through 2013, is co-chair of the ReadyNation CEO Task Force...
Education researchers know a lot about how most children learn to read. An Education Week piece by Sarah Schwartz and...
If Tiffany Gale got eight full hours of sleep a night, she’d never be able to get everything done. In...
Home visiting programs are one of the most effective ways of providing valuable services to families with young children. The...
Economists are famously bad at predicting the future. (There’s even an old joke: Why did God create economists? To make weather forecasters look good.) Nevertheless, thinking like an economist can help prepare us for what lies ahead for our children.
Child care workers are the backbone of the economy and a smart new campaign from the National Women’s Law Center...
