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Top Takeaways From the NHSA Policy Webinar Series: Building Resilient Head Start Systems through State Partnerships

Mark Swartz·September 11, 2020·2 min read

On Tuesday, September 1, the National Head Start Association (NHSA) hosted the second event in their State Policy Webinar Series. Participants highlighted the challenges and successes of three states attempting to offer quality, accessible education options for young children.

Top Takeaways from Three Sessions of the Finding Joy Through Playful Learning Conference

Mark Swartz·March 9, 2021·8 min read

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

Waterford UPSTART: The Next Best Thing to Being There

Mark Swartz·June 2, 2020·4 min read

Those of us who watched too much TV in the 1970s probably remember commercials extolling long-distance phone calls as The...

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Winners Announced for PCI’s First Prenatal-to-Age-Three Grant Competition

Gerry Cobb·July 10, 2019·3 min read

When the Pritzker Children’s Initiative (PCI) launched a first-of-its-kind Prenatal-to-Age Three State Grant Competition late last year, 42 of 45...

Philadelphia’s Childspace: Pioneering Cooperative Fosters Women, Workers and a Powerful Possibility for Child Care

K.C. Compton·November 9, 2021·6 min read

As the U.S. finally appears to be coming to grips with how essential childcare is to future economic growth—and how...

Lack of High-Quality, Affordable Childcare Takes Its Toll on Parents, Workplaces, Economy

Tom Kertscher·March 10, 2020·4 min read

In each year from 2016 through 2018, more than 2 million parents of children age 5 and younger suffered “job...

A Golden Opportunity for Early Childhood Apprenticeships

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

Mark Swartz·February 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...

Playful Learning in Pittsburgh: The Park as Classroom

Mark Swartz·March 24, 2021·3 min read

“Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone’s disbelief,” said August Wilson, playwright of the great “Pittsburgh Cycle.”...

Philadelphia’s Soda Tax Shows Promise As Allocations for Pre-K Outperform Expectations

Mark Swartz·November 2, 2021·3 min read

In 2016, when Philadelphia became the first big U.S. city to tax sugary beverages, many expected other others to follow....