Fort Worth parents can expect to be more involved in their youngest children’s education next year as the Fort Worth Independent School District phases in a new curriculum for pre-K students. Teachers ...

As early childhood researchers, we’ve spent our careers steeped in an enormous body of work that documents the long-term positive impacts of quality early care and education on the lives of those ...

This article originally appeared on NextCity. It was reported in collaboration with the Philadelphia Public School Notebook, an independent, nonprofit news service that serves as an information source ...

High-quality teachers are linked to helping build longer-lasting effects for prekindergarten students, according to a new Vanderbilt University study. While that's seemingly a no-brainer, recent ...

This chapter summarizes the history of the development of public preschool in the United States and its current role in education reform. The chapter reviews research on preschool’s effectiveness and ...

One Wednesday morning at the Paley Early Learning Center in Northeast Philadelphia, 4-year-old Quincy was learning how to write the letter ‘L’. Tracing arrows with his finger, he repeated after his ...

Everything that a visiting crew of Kansas City visionaries wanted was here. Not the mountains. Not Denver’s robust commuter train system. The 18 civic and education leaders, all with ties to Kansas ...

Magic Memories Preschool and Child Care Center provides the Pre-K Counts program at its Collegeville facility, extending grant-funded educational opportunities to eligible three- and four-year-old ...

The instructor's directives went like this: Swing your arms like a monkey. Arch your back like a cat. Wriggle your hips like a crocodile. No, Diane Krolczyk wasn't leading some strange animal-themed ...

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