For Children and the Climate, the Future Is Now Diving into the Data with the Early Years Climate Action Task Force Mark Swartz·Nov 21, 2022·4 min readHuman brains aren’t so good at planning ahead. Because we have a weird tendency to view our future selves as... Read More
Freed Advocate Yigit Aksakoglu Reflects on His ZERO TO THREE FellowshipMark Swartz·Dec 18, 2020·5 min readLast year, Turkish child advocate Yigit Aksakoglu blogged about his work building playgrounds. “Istanbul is a city of 15 million... Read More
From Blueprint to Blue Ribbon: How Franklin County, OH Is Using Rescue Plan Dollars to Stabilize—and Revitalize—Child CareMark Swartz·Mar 14, 2024·4 min readFranklin County—the most populous county in Ohio and home to Ohio State University (OSU)—is also one of the Buckeye State’s... Read More
Gardening with Kids: Get Those Little Hands in the Dirt and Embrace All the SensesClaire Raffel·May 6, 2021·6 min read“His name is Spencer,” declared the kindergartner proudly holding out her hand. “Spencer the Slug.” Other students jostled for a... Read More
Generation Hope: One Desperate Teen’s Story Grows into Hope for Hundreds Collecting Data, Providing Services, Transforming Lives of Student Parents K.C. Compton·May 11, 2023·7 min readTwo little pink lines. Sometimes that’s all it takes to derail a person’s life and torpedo any plans they might... Read More
Geography and Race, State by State, Can Determine the Fate Of Both Mother and Baby CAP Report Outlines the Data K.C. Compton·Mar 17, 2020·9 min readThe U.S. has the highest maternal and infant mortality rates among any comparable developed countries. In 2017, it ranked 55th... Read More
Goodbye, Chipmunks. Hello, Books. Dea Wright Builds a Space for Children in Milwaukee.Mark Swartz·Apr 13, 2020·4 min readThe Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has called Dea Wright the city’s “early childhood education czar.” True to someone entrusted with czarlike power,... Read More
Great Beginnings in the Great Plains: Communities for Kids Builds Nebraska’s Child Care Infrastructure, Cultivates All Community StakeholdersMark Swartz·Jan 11, 2022·3 min readMarti Beard is a fifth-generation rancher in addition to being vice president of Early Childhood Programs of Nebraska Children and... Read More
Home Grown Launches “Leading from Home” Initiative to Support Provider Leaders NationwideNatalie Renew·Mar 11, 2021·3 min readThis week, Home Grown launched a new initiative—Leading From Home—focused on identifying and supporting provider leaders across the country. The... Read More
How Child Life Specialists Improve Health Care for Young ChildrenMark Swartz·May 19, 2022·4 min readAn increasing number of pediatric care facilities employ child life specialists—trained, certified professionals who focus on young patients’ experiences and... Read More
How Two Zaentz Fellows Are Adapting to—and Shaping—the Early Education LandscapeMark Swartz·Apr 22, 2021·3 min readThe fellows program of the Zaentz Early Education Initiative at Harvard University cultivates new leaders in this vital and rapidly... Read More
Keywords and Coffee Fuel In-Depth Studies of Environmental Education in Early ChildhoodK.C. Compton·Nov 3, 2022·5 min readOne thought comes immediately to mind when looking at Stanford University researchers’ systematic review of 66 studies on the value... Read More