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 readBecause we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps... Read More
The Rainbow Connection Project: Building Community While Social DistancingLinda Shockley·Mar 25, 2020·2 min read Building community in a COVID-19 world is tough. But Brooklynites are nothing if not creative, industrious and hard-wired for... Read More
States of Development: The Hunt Institute’s Data NarrativesMark Swartz·Feb 7, 2020·4 min readIn January of 2020, The Hunt Institute—an education policy non-profit based in Durham, NC—released updates to its State Early Childhood... Read More
Leading by Example on Race to Mitigate Impact of Racism on the Health and Well-Being of ChildrenK.C. Compton·Jul 7, 2020·7 min readChildren come into the world noticing. They notice sights, sounds, smells and the attitudes and emotions of people around them.... Read More
Little Free Libraries: Sharing a Love of Reading; Building Brains and CommunitiesMark Swartz·Jul 13, 2021·3 min readWe have a great public library in Takoma Park, Md., but ever since the first Little Free Libraries started popping... Read More
The Bridgeport Baby Bundle: Thinking in Systems, not ProgramsMark Swartz·Apr 15, 2021·5 min readIn a 2016 Atlantic feature, Alana Semuels calls Fairfield County, Conn., the epicenter of American inequality. “Bridgeport,” she writes, “an... Read More
Not Just Another Museum Visit: A New Program Lets Incarcerated Parents Experience CMOM with Their ChildrenMark Swartz·Feb 10, 2023·3 min readIt looks like just another ordinary day at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM). A dozen mothers and about 30... Read More
Facing Facts, Finding Solutions in the Race Against Black Postpartum DepressionK.C. Compton·Jan 28, 2020·9 min readFor babies to have the best start in life, they need to form a deep emotional bond with the person... Read More
‘Ten Birthday Cakes? We’ll Take Care of It’ Jazzy Sun Birthdays Connects Homeless Kids and Volunteers for Their Special Day K.C. Compton·Nov 24, 2020·8 min readVolunteers with Jazzy Sun Birthdays are accustomed to a wide variety of requests for birthday themes from the children they... Read More
Inspiration and Adaptation: Helping Parramore’s Parents—and Their Children—Learn and Grow in OrlandoMark Swartz·Apr 26, 2019·4 min readOne of the key principles of social entrepreneurship is replicability. If we are going to tackle the most difficult challenges... Read More