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Meeting (and Teaching) Families in Unexpected Places Can Transform Cities

Grocery stores, bus stops, laundromats… what’s next?

Mark Swartz·Jun 25, 2019·5 min read

School is a great place to learn, but it’s not the only place. No matter how excellent our teachers are, no matter how enriching the curricula, school accounts for only about 20 percent of children’s waking hours. That’s why a growing number of education pioneers are building out nontraditional sites for young minds to develop their language skills and to learn about their world.

A Golden Opportunity for Early Childhood Apprenticeships

Why the Bank Street College of Education Believes the Time Is Right

Mark Swartz·Feb 26, 2021·3 min read

Apprenticeships are practically as old as civilization, a concept normally associated with trades like blacksmithing and tailoring rather than child...

Waterford UPSTART: The Next Best Thing to Being There

Mark Swartz·Jun 2, 2020·4 min read

Those of us who watched too much TV in the 1970s probably remember commercials extolling long-distance phone calls as The...

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

Mark Swartz and Art Hondros (Illustrator)·Jan 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...

Wes Moore: Taking the Poverty Fight to Early Education

The Editors·May 8, 2019·7 min read

Want to fight poverty? Robin Hood CEO Wes Moore – bestselling author, Army combat veteran, social entrepreneur – explains why improving education is an excellent place to start. Filmed for Early Learning Nation’s Mobile Studio at the Society for Research in Child Development’s biennial meeting in Baltimore, MD, on March 22, 2019. #SRCD19

Reduce Mothers’ Stress Now to Improve Mental Health for the Next Generation

K.C. Compton·Jul 21, 2020·6 min read

The best time to get a child’s life off to a solid start begins months before their birth. That’s why...

3 Top Takeaways from the Webinar: CSSP Invites Applications for DULCE Initiative Planning Grants

Apply by August 21

Mark Swartz·Aug 11, 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...

Sarah Smith: Bringing Childhood Education to the World’s Hardest to Reach Places

The Editors·Apr 30, 2019·4 min read

It’s an ongoing global crisis: More than half of all refugee children – some 62 million – have no access to any form of education. From establishing schools in refugee camps to bringing Sesame Street to the Middle East, Sarah Smith, Sr. Director of Education at the International Rescue Committee, explains how the IRC addresses this humanitarian emergency every day. Filmed for Early Learning Nation’s Mobile Studio at the Society for Research in Child Development’s biennial meeting in Baltimore, MD, on March 22, 2019. #SRCD19