Fixing a Broken Marketplace
Talking Childcare with Elliot Haspel
Sometimes what seems like idealism at first can actually be canny realism. Case in point: Elliot Haspel’s recent book Crawling...
Students Rebuild Inspires Creativity, Builds Global Community for Philanthropy
Meet Leonetta Elaiho—Chief Empowerment Officer
From the time she was a young person herself—specifically, a 15-year-old camp counselor in Seattle—Leonetta Elaiho has seen the many...
“Our health system is failing women” are the unequivocal opening words of a report issued this past spring by Early...
Fred Rogers: Seeker of Truth
A Personal Remembrance
In October 2003—a mere eight months after my friend and colleague Fred Rogers died—Hyperion published a beautiful book of his...
Did you hear the one about the marine biologist who walked into a neuroscience lab? The University of Washington’s Institute...
When you see a baby gazing on the world, you might imagine a little sponge passively soaking up information. Don’t...
Amid the technological hustle and bustle of the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning & Brain Science (I-LABS), one research-assistant position requires a particularly specialized skill set: Toy Waver.
Researchers presenting at the recent 2019 Zero to Three conference detailed a program that studies have found effective in treating...
Weavers: Geniuses at Connecting & Building Community
David Brooks’s Search for Everyday Heroes
From where David Brooks stands, the State of the Union is a long, long way from sound. The author and...
Last November, voters in and around Grand Rapids, Michigan’s second-largest city (population 200,000), made Kent County the first county in Michigan to approve a referendum that raises property taxes specifically for early childhood.
Angela Duckworth has no plans to write another book, so if you enjoyed Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance,...
In 2019, we packed up the cameras and sound equipment for the Early Learning Nation Studio and went to Baltimore...
