Senior Executive and Director of NLC’s Institute for Youth, Education and Families, Dr. Robert Blaine, says the institute works on many levels: specific programs, cities themselves and the wider population, all to increase outcomes and build more opportunity for children and families. Dr. Blaine’s role also carries an additional benefit: working with the inspiring youth leaders. It’s a blend that requires the skills of an orchestra conductor... and it turns out, Dr. Blaine has those, too.
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Early Learning Nation magazine asked some of our favorite people, What’s one thing our readers can do to make the...
A New Documentary Makes a Powerful Case for Early Education
The film “Make a Circle” aims to raise awareness about the child care crisis and to advocate for investment in high quality child care.
Updated March 4, 2025 A startling statistic scrolls across the screen: “25 million parents in the United States rely on...
One way to improve education: communication. For Pinecrest (FL) Vice Mayor Katie Abbott, that means not only regularly connecting with the school board, but also with students. Abbott co-coordinates the Pinecrest Youth Advisory Council, a group of 24 students in grades 8-12 across public and private schools who engage in government, volunteering and education, tackling issues from the environment to preparing for college.
A field trip inside the mind—it may sound like a psychedelic rock song, but that’s the big idea behind AlegreMENTE...
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Child Care Aware of America’s Symposium brings together individuals from across the country to discuss research, policy and practices related...
This summer, the Hunt Institute hosted a panel discussion on the risks and opportunities that technology presents in the lives...
From “helicoptering” to “snowplowing,” parents are often tempted to simply remove obstacles from children’s way, preventing them from learning how to deal with challenges themselves. Instead, as Ellen Galinsky, Bezos Family Foundation Chief Science Officer and Founder/Executive Director of Mind in the Making, explains, the better approach is to build “Autonomy Support” – helping children gain the independence skills they’ll need to become successful adults. 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
RAPID Celebrates 5 Years of Surveys
What makes RAPID surveys unique is the priority of disseminating results quickly in a format that is accessible and usable.
When the RAPID Survey Project began in April 2020, everyone involved thought it would be a short-lived, ad hoc undertaking...
If Tiffany Gale got eight full hours of sleep a night, she’d never be able to get everything done. In...
The best time to get a child’s life off to a solid start begins months before their birth. That’s why...
