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5 Top Takeaways from the Webinar on Mixed Delivery Hosted by the Learning Policy Institute and the National Institute for Early Education Research

Multiple Paths to Quality

Mark Swartz·Apr 28, 2023·5 min read

On April 19, the Learning Policy Institute (LPI) and the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) cohosted a webinar...

Pathways Early Learning Center: High-Quality Early Education for Kids Dealing with Homelessness

K.C. Compton·Apr 14, 2023·6 min read

Hospitality. Housing. Hope: Three resources every person dealing with homelessness needs—and they’re in especially short supply for women. For women...

The Power of First 10 Partnerships: 3 Examples

Part II of a two-part interview with David Jacobson

Mark Swartz·Mar 16, 2023·4 min read

The First 10 initiative of the Education Development Center (EDC) supports a network that will soon include more than 60...

The Power of First 10 Partnerships

Part I of a two-part interview with David Jacobson

Mark Swartz·Mar 16, 2023·5 min read

The First 10 initiative of the Education Development Center (EDC) supports a network that will soon include more than 60...

5 Top Takeaways: Hunt Institute and Alliance for Early Success Explore Big Wins for Little Kids 2022

Mark Swartz·Dec 22, 2022·4 min read

2022 produced an impressive number of big wins, which the Hunt Institute and Alliance for Early Success explored December 5 in this year’s edition of the Big Wins for Little Kids webinar.

Alabama Child Care Activist Lenice Emanuel Speaks Her Truth

Mark Swartz·Mar 31, 2022·5 min read

This magazine uses the word crisis a lot. We’ve reported again and again that early childhood education in America is...

Alabama First Class Pre-K: Setting the Standard Nationally for 14 Years – and Counting

K.C. Compton·Dec 7, 2020·8 min read

When the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic hit this spring, Alabama’s First Class Pre-K turned on a dime to...

An Electoral “Children’s Wave”

Q&A with Children's Funding Project Founder Elizabeth Gaines

Elliot Haspel·Nov 17, 2020·6 min read

On November 3rd, seven early childhood ballot initiatives went before voters in cities and counties around the nation. All seven...

5 Questions for Alabama Governor Kay Ivey

The Editors·Nov 2, 2020·6 min read

Where do you go for the top news in Early Learning at the state level? Check out “5 Questions for...

Five Top Takeaways from the Hunt Institute’s Conversation: Developmentally Appropriate Practice during the Pandemic—and Beyond

Mark Swartz·Oct 30, 2020·3 min read

Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...

A New Documentary Makes the Case for Early Investment

Mark Swartz·Sep 10, 2020·3 min read

The Founding Fathers built competition among the states into our system of government. With 50-plus laboratories for democracy, we’re bound...

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