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5 Top Takeaways from the Webinar “From Research to Reality: A Funder Conversation about Policy”

Mark Swartz·January 11, 2021·3 min read

On December 15, The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) hosted a funder-focused webinar to discuss mechanisms by which research translates into policies that impact our nation’s families and children, particularly those living in poverty. Read More

Asking Big Questions in Kansas to Guide Decision-Making for Early-Learning Communities, Providers and Parents

Mark Swartz·January 8, 2021·5 min read

Jackie Counts, director of Kansas University’s Center for Public Partnerships and Research (CPPR), likens the early childhood continuum to the... Read More

Hopes for 2021: Brain Building, Racial Equity, Policies that Serve Children and Families, Kindness, Daily Walks

Mark Swartz and Art Hondros (Illustrator)·January 4, 2021·6 min read

Despite working in captivity for most of 2020, we continued to speak with top Early Learning researchers, educators, nonprofit and... Read More

Bank Street Makes the Case for Compensation

Puts Pay at the Center of the Child Care Dialogue

Mark Swartz·December 15, 2020·3 min read

It isn’t the 1950s anymore. The reality before and, presumably, after the pandemic, is that parents are outside of home... Read More

5 Top Takeaways from the Webinar: Local Matters: What Political Newcomers Need to Know

Mark Swartz·December 10, 2020·3 min read

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

Mindfulness and Young Children: Six Resources for Beginners and Skeptics

Mark Swartz·November 19, 2020·3 min read

Sometimes a term gets repeated so often that the meaning becomes obscure. While it might seem like we’re all talking... Read More

Milwaukee Art Museum: Remarkable Art Lives Here

Children are Welcomed and Nurtured

Dianne Choie·November 12, 2020·4 min read

The Milwaukee Art Museum is a glorious place. The payoff begins before you enter the doors with that gorgeous architecture... Read More

Best Practices

5 Top Takeaways from the Webinar “From Research to Reality: A Funder Conversation about Policy”

Asking Big Questions in Kansas to Guide Decision-Making for Early-Learning Communities, Providers and Parents

Hopes for 2021: Brain Building, Racial Equity, Policies that Serve Children and Families, Kindness, Daily Walks

Bank Street Makes the Case for Compensation

5 Top Takeaways from the Webinar: Local Matters: What Political Newcomers Need to Know

Mindfulness and Young Children: Six Resources for Beginners and Skeptics

Milwaukee Art Museum: Remarkable Art Lives Here

“Like a Dream Become Reality”: Multnomah’s Preschool For All Effort Showcases Parent Power

Top Takeaways from the Pop-Up Show + Tell: The “Promise” of Social and Emotional Learning

Ghosts, Angels & Goblins: ZERO TO THREE’s 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award Goes to Psychiatrist Alicia Lieberman

WEBINAR: Use the Progress Rating Tool to Create an Early Learning Community

Fred Rogers: Seeker of Truth

Wes Moore’s Tale of Two Cities

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