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Why This Childcare Advocate Wants to Be Vermont’s Next Governor

Rebecca Gale

How Early Childhood Sets the Stage for Student Success

Mark Swartz

Shifting Immigration Policies Are Changing Daily Life for Child Care Providers

Ashley 脕lvarez

Kids in State-Funded Preschools Hit Record High, but Program Quality Varies

Emily Tate Sullivan

As NAEYC Turns 100, Early Education Leaders Reflect on Progress and Gaps

Emily Tate Sullivan

Why Are State Departments of Early Childhood Education So Trendy Right Now?

Emily Tate Sullivan

In Rural Missouri Classrooms, a New Approach to Reading Is Taking Hold

William Hehemann

Head Start Providers Fight to Claw Back Protections from ICE Enforcement

Amanda Geduld

How Pittsburgh Is Promoting Intergenerational Play to Support Early Learning

Leigh Giangreco

Singing to Your Baby May Matter More Than You Think

Emily Tate Sullivan

How a Notorious Maximum-Security Prison Was Transformed Into a Thriving Preschool

Emily Tate Sullivan

Why It鈥檚 Important for Young Children to Understand What鈥檚 Behind AI

Mark Swartz

4 Early Care and Education Issues to Watch in 2026

Emily Tate Sullivan

2025 Research Roundup: 3 Pressing Themes Shaping Early Care and Education

Kendra Hurley

Ongoing Federal Shutdown Threatens Head Start Access for Over 65K Children

Amanda Geduld

New Mexico Will Become the First State to Offer Universal Child Care

Rebecca Gale

How Dads鈥� Stress and Mental Health Can Influence Their Children鈥檚 Development

Leigh Giangreco

Orange County, California Pioneers Model to Help Cities Prioritize Kids Under 5

Mark Swartz

The Future of Children鈥檚 Programming After Federal Cuts to Public Media

Michael H. Levine

Math Fellowship Rooted in Racial Justice Supports Early Educators

Mark Swartz

Why AI Literacy Instruction Needs to Start Before Kindergarten

Tammy Kwan

Chelsea Clinton: Supporting Families Where They Are Matters for Early Childhood

Mark Swartz

Some States Are Seeking to Deregulate Child Care. Advocates Are Fighting Back

Bryce Covert

Want Children to Cooperate? Let Them Swing Together

K.C. Compton

Head Start at 60: A Legacy Worth Investing In

Emmy Liss & Sarah Gilliland

To Strengthen the Early Care and Education System, Funding Reform Is Needed

Elliot Haspel

Early Childhood Innovation Center Shores Up Delaware’s Early Learning Workforce

Mark Swartz

Absent Federal Support, States Become Innovators in Early Care and Education

Rebecca Gale

Across Party Lines, Stakeholders Are Calling for Regulatory Reform in Child Care

Elliot Haspel

For Some Tribal Communities, Head Start Programs Provide a Cultural Lifeline

Rebecca Gale

New Mexico鈥檚 Investments in Early Care and Education Begin to Show Progress

Rebecca Gale

Want a Sustainable Child Care System? Invest in Family Child Care Educators

Jessica Sager

Why Early Educators鈥� Voices Matter

Mark Swartz

What鈥檚 the 鈥楽ad Beige鈥� Parenting Trend 鈥� and Does It Affect Infant Development?

Leigh Giangreco

How Early Relationships Fuel Brain Development and Learning

Isabelle Hau & Michelle Kang

The Power of Early Relationships

Rebecca Gale

2024 Research Roundup: 3 Must-Read Studies About Early Care and Education

Kendra Hurley

Parents and Caregivers Are Vital to Children鈥檚 Early Learning and Development

K.C. Compton

How a Local Early Learning Collaborative Is Centering Belonging to Better Support Families With Young Children

Mark Swartz

社区黑料 Announces Expansion of Education News Network With Addition of Early Learning Nation

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Preschools Teach 鈥楬ardly Any Math鈥�, Even as Students Struggle in Later Grades

Patrick O鈥橠onnell

In the Rush to COVID Recovery, Did We Forget About Our Youngest Learners?

Lauren Camera

Audit of Oregon Early Learning Department Highlights Need for Equity Training

Kaylee Tornay

Texas鈥� Youngest Students are Struggling with Their Learning, Educators Say

Asad Jung

Agents in Their Own Learning

Mark Swartz

5 Top Takeaways from the Conversation: From Access to Opportunity 鈥� The Magic of Children鈥檚 Books

Mark Swartz

5 Top Takeaways from the CGLR Conversation: AI and the Early Childhood Workforce

Mark Swartz

How Crystal Rountree is Deepening the Cross-Generational Magic of Jumpstart

Mark Swartz

Summer Brain-Building Tips for Parents and Caregivers

Mark Swartz & Art Hondros

The U.N.鈥檚 International Day of Play vs. 鈥楢n Inhuman World鈥�

Mark Swartz

5 Top Takeaways from the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Webinar: Philanthropy and Public Financing for Children

Mark Swartz

Extending the Experience: Digital Promise鈥檚 Approach to Technology

Mark Swartz

Tribal Early Learning Hub Collapses After Recent Mandate by Oregon Legislature

Kaylee Tornay

5 Top Takeaways From the Hunt Institute Conversation: The Men of Early Learning

Mark Swartz

5 Top Takeaways From New America鈥檚 Better Life Lab Webinar: Transforming How America Cares

Mark Swartz

What Are You Thankful For?

Mark Swartz & Art Hondros

Unleashing the Potential of Young Dual Language Learners

Mark Swartz

Mississippi鈥檚 ‘Miracle’: Fourth Grade Reading Scores Keep Climbing. Is Early Learning the Reason?

Mark Swartz

5 Top Takeaways From the ‘New Lens on Poverty’ Conversation Hosted by the Harvard Center on the Developing Child

Mark Swartz

NAEYC鈥檚 Michelle Kang: Empowering ‘the Workforce behind the Workforce’

Mark Swartz

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

Mark Swartz

‘Dolly Is the Book Lady’: The Imagination Library鈥檚 Journey in Three States

Mark Swartz

Inspiring Educators with No Borders Between Play and Learning at the Center for Playful Inquiry

Mark Swartz

Dignity and Inclusion: Kendra Davenport on Revitalizing Easterseals鈥� Core Values

Mark Swartz

‘What Brings Your Child Joy?’ How Oregon Is Reinventing the Kindergarten Transition

Mark Swartz

5 Top Takeaways: Child Care Lessons Learned from the Pandemic

Mark Swartz

UnidosUS: Arming Fathers with Facts to Support Their Children鈥檚 School Success

K.C. Compton

5 Top Takeaways: Following the Science on Bilingualism

Mark Swartz

The Early Learning Teacher Corps: A Public Service Innovation in Louisiana

Mark Swartz

New Step-by-Step Activity Guide Helps Adults Discuss Race with Young Children

Mark Swartz

The Power of First 10 Partnerships

Mark Swartz

Harvard鈥檚 Nonie Lesaux on the Long and Winding Road to High-Quality, Universal Child Care

Mark Swartz

Learning and Growing with Khan Academy Kids

Mark Swartz

Five Early Learning Trends for 2023

Elliot Haspel

Giving Thanks: Early Childhood Leaders and Educators Express Their Gratitude

Mark Swartz & Art Hondros

6 Top Takeaways from the Launch of the Stanford Center on Early Learning

Mark Swartz

For Families and Children, a Champion for Democracy and ‘Constructive Disagreements’

Mark Swartz

5 Top Takeaways from a Webinar on Bringing Dolly Parton鈥檚 Library to Every West Virginia County

Mark Swartz

Book Review 鈥� The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain

K.C. Compton

Maria Montessori Myth Busting

Mark Swartz

Maria Montessori鈥檚 Influence on Early Education

Mark Swartz

3 Top Takeaways from a Hunt Institute Webinar About Ideal Learning Environments

Mark Swartz

5 Top Takeaways from the Hunt Institute’s 鈥楽hared Services鈥� Webinar

Mark Swartz

How Two Zaentz Fellows Are Adapting to 鈥� and Shaping 鈥� the Early Education Landscape

Mark Swartz

Learning to Read Online: It鈥檚 Possible, Doable and Could Involve Chicken Hats

K.C. Compton

Connoisseurs of Silly: Babies Start Laughing Early 鈥� And They Think Your Material Is Great

K.C. Compton

Turning New York City Into an Early Learning Metropolis

Mark Swartz

‘Reading Prepares You for Your Destiny:’ 5 Literacy and Life Lessons from Darryl McDaniels

Mark Swartz

Dr. Robert Blaine: Helping Harmonize Early Learning in America鈥檚 Cities

Early Learning Nation Editors

The Indigenous Early Learning Collaborative鈥檚 Change Mentality

Mark Swartz

‘One Big Learning Adventure’ with Noggin Knows Host Emmanuel Carter

Mark Swartz

5 Top Takeaways: How Children鈥檚 Literature Is Getting More Diverse, and Why That Matters

Mark Swartz

Behind the Music: 鈥楤ig Heart World鈥� Seconds That Emotion

Mark Swartz

The Rapid-EC Survey Project: Listening to Families, Collecting the Evidence to Support Change

Mark Swartz

Experts Look Ahead to Explore ‘What in the Early Learning World gives you hope for 2022?’

Mark Swartz & Art Hondros

When Head Start Parents Become Head Start Teachers

Mark Swartz

5 Top Takeaways from The Hunt Institute鈥檚 Early Efforts Webinar: Big Wins for Little Kids

Mark Swartz

NISO + Eastside Pathways: Training Community Members to Become Agents of Change

K.C. Compton

The Early Learning Community Shows Its Gratitude

Mark Swartz & Art Hondros

‘Value Disorganization and Vulnerability as an Opportunity’

Mark Swartz
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