It all started with a spanakopita. Ellie Krieger was about eight years old, and her mother and aunt took her...
Community Cultivators
Just as Early Learning Nation showcases the ways families, researchers and grassroots nonprofits and organizations are building an early learning nation—one community at a time—our Community Cultivators series highlights how innovators across all sectors build and sustain global communities from the ground up. We hope the series inspires your own early childhood work.
Tiffany Shlain’s Vision for Building Community
Embrace Beauty, Be Present, Always Carry a Notebook
This is the fourth entry in Early Learning Nation’s Community Cultivators series, and you would think, by now, we’d have...
Darryl McDaniels might strike some as an unlikely ambassador for early literacy. Today, McDaniels, 57, is exercising his education muscle with a vocabulary-building series from Noggin called “What’s the Word?”
Julie Leff can pinpoint the moment when she knew Roger Brooks was the right person to lead Facing History and...
Just as Early Learning Nation showcases the ways families, researchers and grassroots nonprofits and organizations are building an early learning...
Angela Duckworth has no plans to write another book, so if you enjoyed Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance,...
Ping Chong grew up in the 1950s in New York City’s Chinatown, which is right next to Little Italy, and his middle school was nearly half and half. So who became his best friend?
In 1999, University of North Carolina sophomore Rye Barcott was sitting in Swahili class when a recent alumnus, just back...
A decade ago, early childhood advocacy could be a lonely pursuit. “It felt like we were talking to an empty auditorium,” says Bruce D. Perry, MD, Ph.D. “Now there are more people in the auditorium. They’re recognizing the power of early childhood, the importance of creating policy and practice that will benefit children and that will meet the needs of the adults who are caring for young children.”
Just as Early Learning Nation showcases the ways families, researchers and grassroots nonprofits and organizations are building an early learning...
D’Arcy Goldman, incoming chair of EMPath’s board of directors, says, “Kim's dedication and experience serving the Boston community is well documented, but what may be lesser known is her incredible ability as a leader to bring different groups and perspectives together to get things done.”
Now & Later: Marcus Bullock’s Entrepreneurial Spirit
The Flikshop founder’s three rules for success
One of the less-remarked-upon consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic is the discontinuation of prison visits. Suddenly, Flikshop Angels, a program...
