Marti Beard is a fifth-generation rancher in addition to being vice president of Early Childhood Programs of Nebraska Children and...
Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...
Early Learning Nation magazine often focuses on child care and early education, which comprise about one-fifth of the $648 billion...
Mental Health Support for Toddlers Has Lagged in Texas. That’s Now Changing
Lawmakers and child care centers are pushing for a statewide mental health system for toddlers.
It had only been a year since Estelle Sievert and her wife, Jane, joined the foster care program at SAFE...
3 Top Takeaways from Learning from This Moment
A Conversation with Early Childhood Philanthropic Leaders
Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...
The fellows program of the Zaentz Early Education Initiative at Harvard University cultivates new leaders in this vital and rapidly...
What to Expect on Child Care from Trump’s Second Presidency
Elliot Haspel weighs in on what child care issues might be prioritized under the incoming Trump administration.
Anticipating what Donald Trump and his allies will do can be as much an exercise in scrying as deep analysis....
Kamren Rollins wears multiple hats, serving as BCDI-DC President and COO of the Southeast Children's Fund. Both roles, however, share the same mission: Advancing opportunities for greater learning among—and enhancing development opportunities for—D.C.’s children, from the classroom to wraparound services.
Where Should Women Channel Their Ambition?
Samhita Mukhopadhyay on The Myth of Making It in a World Set Up For Women to Fail
Four years since the COVID-19 pandemic shook U.S. workplaces and its child care systems, parents continue to engage in vital...
Agents in Their Own Learning
Q&A with the Play Learning Lab’s Angela Pyle
Dr. Angela Pyle is director of the Play Learning Lab at University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education....
Executive function – the skills to focus and manage tasks – is, of course, central to childhood development. Given that, measuring executive function becomes imperative. How does that work? University of Minnesota professors Stephanie M. Carlson & Philip David Zelazo explain their research and the powerful tool they’ve created. Filmed for Early Learning Nation’s Mobile Studio at the Society for Research in Child Development’s biennial meeting in Baltimore, MD, on March 22, 2019. #SRCD19
For babies to have the best start in life, they need to form a deep emotional bond with the person...