Mark Swartz
Principal, Swartzmark and Contributor at Early Learning Nation
Author, The Music Never Died: Tales from the Flipside. Contributor, @EarlyLearnNatn. Member, the resistance. He/him.
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1 week ago |
the74million.org | Mark Swartz
Join our zero2eight Substack community for more discussion about the latest news in early care and education. Sign up now. The first warning sign Rebecca Amidon spotted was when her 1-year-old daughter wasn’t walking on her feet. “She would only walk on her knees, and her coordination seemed really off,” Amidon recounted. Then physical therapists noticed tremors, a sign of a neurological condition that affects balance and coordination.
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1 month ago |
the74million.org | Mark Swartz
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter The well-child visit is standard pediatric practice for the first three years of life. Every few months, parents or caregivers bring their little ones to the doctor to make sure they are growing and thriving.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Mark Swartz
Since November, advocates and experts have sounded the alarm over what the Trump administration’s executive orders and directives could mean for America’s young children and their families. Severe budget cuts could impact programs including Head Start and Early Head Start. Threats of mass deportations have left many early educators seeking legal advice for how to best support the children and families they serve.
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2 months 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.
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2 months 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.
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