Community Engagement Archives - Early Learning Nation

Signs of Progress: What Families of Deaf Children Should Know

Mark Swartz·Dec 5, 2019·3 min read

I see people signing all the time because I live in the Washington, D.C., area near the Red Line, which...

Facing Facts, Finding Solutions in the Race Against Black Postpartum Depression

K.C. Compton·Jan 28, 2020·9 min read

For babies to have the best start in life, they need to form a deep emotional bond with the person...

Better Communities Collaborative in Athens, Ga. Supports Families and Communities, Inspires Others

Mark Swartz·Mar 7, 2023·4 min read

Southern Living magazine calls it the South’s Best College Town, but Athens-Clark County also has its challenges, including a 30%...

Home Grown Launches “Leading from Home” Initiative to Support Provider Leaders Nationwide

Natalie Renew·Mar 11, 2021·3 min read

This week, Home Grown launched a new initiative—Leading From Home—focused on identifying and supporting provider leaders across the country. The...

Tackling the Play Deficit

Mark Swartz·Feb 6, 2020·4 min read

Our kids need to put the devices down and to play outdoors more. This isn’t just another parent waxing nostalgic...

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...

Lessons from the History of Children’s Television, the Original Distance Learning

Mark Swartz·Mar 2, 2021·6 min read

The roots of the word television are ancient Greek τῆλε/tele, ‘far’ and Latin visio, ‘sight’. And ever since it arrived...

Teaching Kindergarten Conference: Giving Teachers What They Need for Learner-Centered Classrooms

K.C. Compton·Feb 20, 2020·6 min read

Teaching is a creative profession, as much art as science, and for those who go into the field, it can...

Beth Duda reads to an adorable toddler in a laundromat

Mobilizing Communities So All Children Make the Grade

Pop Up Neighbor events, community, collaboration, mobilization

K.C. Compton·Aug 8, 2019·9 min read

Even without advance promotion, when word got out that the SuperMatt Laundromat in Sarasota, Florida, was offering free laundry all day, neighborhood residents formed a steady stream of customers. Not only was laundry-and-all-the-fixings free—a boon to low-income families who can ill afford the $35 to $50 a week they spend trying to keep their kids in clean clothes—the food bank was there with abundant food to restock their pantries. Best of all, there were books—lots of books—and plenty of volunteers to read to children while the adults did as many loads of laundry as needed. When the children left, books went home with them.