Thanks in large part to a pre-school lesson on “safe touch,” a Carlisle man was sentenced this week to eight to 16 years in state prison. Christopher Allen Coble, 35, received his sentence Tuesday ...

Research has shown that investing in high-quality early childhood education can generate as much as a 13% return on investment, delivering benefits that help businesses, communities and the people who ...

A GEORGIA SCHOOL has found an ingenious way to teach its youngest students about rhymes. By using an interactive whiteboard, Dug Gap Elementary School in Dalton, part of the Whitfield County School ...

Is preschool worth it? Policymakers, parents, researchers and us, at NPR Ed, have spent a lot of time thinking about this question. We know that most pre-kindergarten programs do a good job of ...

Think of your lesson as a story and your lesson plan as its script. And remember that a good plan considers the people involved in the lesson, not just the activities Lesson plans are useful not just ...

With better data, policymakers will better understand the quality of existing pre-K programs and how to strengthen the components that matter most for kids and their families. Credit: Jackie Mader for ...