Mark Swartz

3 weeks ago | earlylearningnation.com | Mark Swartz

Amid the evolving policy environment in Washington, early care and education advocates are weighing how best to preserve successful programs and stave off harmful budget cuts. Congress is already considering reductions to programs that affect many of the most vulnerable young children and their families, including Medicaid, which provides health care and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides food.

3 weeks ago | reasonstobecheerful.world | Mark Swartz

This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Midway between Nashville and Atlanta, the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, makes original use of a resource that other communities possess in abundance but fail to capitalize on: empty classrooms in public schools. Arising two decades ago from one principal’s creative approach, micro-centers are child care centers for the children of school teachers and other staff.

1 month ago | the74million.org | Mark Swartz

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Midway between Nashville and Atlanta, the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, makes original use of a resource that other communities possess in abundance but fail to capitalize on: empty classrooms in public schools. Arising two decades ago from one principal’s creative rule-bending, micro-centers are child care centers for the children of school teachers and other staff.

1 month ago | clasp.org | Mark Swartz

By Mark Swartz (EXCERPT)Key advocacy organizations, including The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) are providing — and regularly updating — resources for child care educators. According to Suma Setty, senior policy analyst at CLASP, about one in five U.S. child care providers is an immigrant.

1 month ago | the74million.org | Mark Swartz

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter As the Trump administration vows to fulfill campaign promises of mass deportations, Lesley Ellefson-Porras, an immigration lawyer in Alexandria, Virginia, has been accepting invitations to visit local schools and child care centers to explain the situation to staff and educators. On these visits, she says she has been inundated with questions from early educators and families.