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Book Review: New Book on Preschool Segregation Raises Under-Examined Questions

False Starts: The Segregated Lives of Preschoolers

Elliot Haspel·Nov 14, 2023·9 min read

This week brings the release of an important new book on early care and education. False Starts: The Segregated Lives...

Mississippi’s “Miracle”: Fourth Grade Reading Scores Keep Climbing. Is Early Learning the Reason?

Mark Swartz·Nov 10, 2023·4 min read

Everyone likes good news, so it’s no wonder that when Mississippi went from being ranked second-worst in 2013 for fourth grade reading scores to 21st in 2022, the media kept using the m-word. “Everybody keeps on calling this a miracle,” says Dr. Jill Dent, executive director, Early Childhood Education, Mississippi Department of Education (MDE). “But we have worked really hard, and we were very intentional.”

America’s Child Care Food Programs: Available and Too-Often Unused

K.C. Compton·Nov 9, 2023·8 min read

The federal Child and Adult Care Food Program works. One of 15 US Department of Agriculture programs aimed at reducing...

5 Top Takeaways from the “New Lens on Poverty” Conversation Hosted by the Harvard Center on the Developing Child

Mark Swartz·Nov 8, 2023·3 min read

While we’re taking Early Learning Nation Studio on the road less often during the pandemic, we’re offering recaps—Top Takeaways—from important...

Claudia Goldin Won a Nobel Prize Addressing Women’s Work Obstacles Head-on. Will Child Care be the Next Barrier to Fall?

Rebecca Gale·Nov 7, 2023·5 min read

Claudia Goldin, recent Nobel Prize winner and the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University, is a trailblazer who...

Elliot’s Provocations: Offering Child Care Educators Free Child Care: A Stopgap Measure with Legs

Elliot Haspel·Nov 1, 2023·5 min read

If you’ve been following my work at all, you know I bristle at many “incremental” solutions to child care challenges.

NAEYC’s Michelle Kang: Empowering “the Workforce behind the Workforce”

Mark Swartz·Oct 31, 2023·7 min read

Early Learning Nation magazine recently interviewed Michelle Kang, CEO of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC),...

Back and Forth: Talking with Author Rebecca Rolland about Talking with Children

Mark Swartz·Oct 26, 2023·5 min read

Rebecca Rolland’s The Art of Talking with Children: The Simple Keys to Nurturing Kindness, Creativity, and Confidence in Kids explores...

At Chicago’s Carole Robertson Center for Learning, Freedom Crawls Before It Can Walk

Mark Swartz·Oct 24, 2023·4 min read

At its three flagship locations in Chicago and around the city, the Carole Robertson Center for Learning supports the education...

Top 10 Takeaways from the Conversations with Alliance for Early Success, Elephant Circle and the Black Mamas Matter Alliance

Focus on Community-Driven Maternal Health Solutions

Mark Swartz·Oct 19, 2023·6 min read

The Alliance for Early Success recently partnered with Elephant Circle and the Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA) to host two...

Leadership, Innovation and Determination: Two UMass Boston Early Childhood Fellows Share Their Stories

Mark Swartz·Oct 18, 2023·5 min read

An innovative fellowship launched by UMass Boston’s Institute for Early Educator Leadership and Innovation provides full scholarships for early educators. Funding...