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A Golden Opportunity for Early Childhood Apprenticeships

Why the Bank Street College of Education Believes the Time Is Right

Mark Swartz·Feb 26, 2021·3 min read

Apprenticeships are practically as old as civilization, a concept normally associated with trades like blacksmithing and tailoring rather than child...

PopUp StoryWalk Combines Great Stories with the Great Outdoors

K.C. Compton·Jul 22, 2021·6 min read

Getting a child outdoors to embrace literacy, art and the great outdoors is simple: All you need is a cordless...

Innovations in Child Care: Meeting Parents’ Diverse Needs and Preferences

Part 2 of a 5-Part Series

Rebecca Gale·Jun 30, 2022·8 min read

Our country is in a child care crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic, which has shown how difficult it is for...

APPLY BY NOVEMBER 19: FUEL for 50

$10 Million Initiative to Transform NYC into an Early Learning Metropolis Supports Children’s First Teachers, Bolsters Nonprofits

David Hernandez·Aug 31, 2021·3 min read

The earliest years in a child’s life create the foundation for lifelong development. Anyone who’s traded smiles with a baby...

Sparks Parent Video Series: Seven Minutes of Reassurance for New Parents and the Residents Who Care for Them

K.C. Compton·Jan 11, 2023·7 min read

The request might not show up on any baby-shower wish list, but the gift practically every new parent wants most...

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...

Building Life-Giving Places with Majora Carter

Mark Swartz·Feb 2, 2022·6 min read

In the 1970s, New York Times delivery trucks didn’t go to neighborhoods like Majora Carter’s.

Little Peepers Forest Preschool: Learning the World Just Outside the Doorway

K.C. Compton·Dec 3, 2019·7 min read

Most U.S. schoolchildren know more about the Amazon rain forest than the ground beneath their feet and more about penguins...

Winter is Coming. Keep the Wonder Alive with Mini Adventures Close to Home

K.C. Compton·Sep 14, 2021·7 min read

As kids head back to school—in person, hybrid or remote—a wistfulness for the missed opportunities of summer might be setting...

Child Care for the Broadway Babies

Here Lies Love Partners with Parent Artist Advocacy League, Broadway Babysitters and Open Jar Studios to Offer Child Care at Matinees

Alice Bradley·Aug 29, 2023·4 min read

“Here Lies Love”—the Broadway musical based on the life of Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines—is a groundbreaking...

Book Review: Reclaiming Your Community: You Don’t Have to Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One

Majora Carter’s Community Manifesto Starts with Real Estate

Mark Swartz·Feb 1, 2022·3 min read

Gentrification is a subject that has launched a million listserv arguments. It often starts with complaints from longtime residents of...

New Poverty Tracker from Robin Hood: The Devastating Costs of Child Care Disruptions

Ayana Bartholomew and Loris Toribio·Aug 25, 2021·3 min read

In 2012, Robin Hood partnered with the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University to launch the Poverty...

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