Agents in Their Own Learning Q&A with the Play Learning Lab’s Angela Pyle Mark Swartz·Aug 8, 2024·4 min readDr. Angela Pyle is director of the Play Learning Lab at University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.... Read More
Breathing Free in Iowa with Karin Stein of Moms Clean Air Force (EcoMadres)Mark Swartz·Jul 12, 2024·5 min readWith more than 1.5 million members, Moms Clean Air Force unleashes the power of mothers on behalf of Mother Nature.... Read More
Early Education Is the Most Segregated Learning Space How Researchers Casey Stockstill and Halley Potter Hope to Change That Kendra Hurley·Jul 2, 2024·7 min readIt’s been 70 years since the Supreme Court’s pivotal Brown vs. Board of Education ruling that racially segregated schools are... Read More
Summer Brain-Building Tips for Parents and CaregiversMark Swartz and Art Hondros (Illustrator)·Jun 19, 2024·4 min readFirst, the good news. As it turns out, the so-called summer slide might not be the threat to our nation’s... Read More
A 100-Year Review of Research on Black Families: Q & A with Lead Author Chrishana LloydMark Swartz·Apr 25, 2024·5 min readThe last time Early Learning Nation magazine sat down with researcher Dr. Chrishana Lloyd of Child Trends, she had just... Read More
What Inspires You to Work on Behalf of Young Children? Celebrating the Week of the Young Child, April 6-12 Mark Swartz and Art Hondros (Illustrator)·Apr 9, 2024·7 min readEvery week is the Week of the Young Child at Early Learning Nation magazine. The National Association for the Education... Read More
First-Time Survey Illuminates Audience Interests and Impact of Early Learning Nation MagazineThe Editors·Mar 28, 2024·2 min readEarlier this month, Early Learning Nation magazine created our first-ever survey to better understand our audiences’ motivation for reading and... Read More
Cal Newport Thinks We Can Work Better – But Where Does Caregiving Fit In? Q+A with Bestselling Author on How and Why Care and Work Intersect Rebecca Gale·Mar 27, 2024·7 min readWork and caregiving seem to exist as a yin and yang on our lives: the pull of one exerts influence... Read More
New Report Shows There’s Room for Improvement in Navigating a More Equitable ArizonaMark Swartz·Feb 8, 2024·7 min readShantel Meek, Ph.D., founding executive director of the Children’s Equity Project at Arizona State University, learned an important lesson during... Read More
New Report by the Century Foundation: The Child Care Cliff Meant the End of Federal Funds – But Some States Are Stepping In to Fix ThatRebecca Gale·Feb 7, 2024·10 min readThe Covid-19 pandemic ushered in unprecedented federal spending in the child care industry. When schools and child care programs shut... Read More
What Are You Thankful For?Mark Swartz and Art Hondros (Illustrator)·Nov 22, 2023·4 min readEvery year, Early Learning Nation magazine asks experts and friends what they’re thankful for in the early learning world. This... Read More
NAEYC’s Michelle Kang: Empowering “the Workforce behind the Workforce”Mark Swartz·Oct 31, 2023·7 min readEarly Learning Nation magazine recently interviewed Michelle Kang, CEO of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC),... Read More