Category: Early Education
Child care crisis deepens as funding slashed for poor families
by Jackie Mader, The Hechinger Report November 1, 2025 The first hint of trouble for McKinley Hess came in August. […]
November 1, 2025
We’re testing preschoolers for giftedness. Experts say that doesn’t work
When I was a kindergartner in the 1980s, the “gifted” programming for my class could be found inside of a […]
October 31, 2025
‘The clock is ticking’: Shutdown imperils food, child care for many
For families in more than a hundred Head Start programs across the country, November could mark the beginning of some […]
October 29, 2025
The fight for equal benefits for early childhood teachers
Gloria Kim leads her preschool students in an activity at the California Crosspoint Academy in Hayward. Courtesy: Gloria Kim For […]
October 17, 2025
Advocacy group leader talks about the challenges of transitional kindergarten
Credit: Randall Benton / EdSource Michael Olenick has spent his life pondering the preschool years. His mother, a childhood development […]
June 23, 2025
Nature’s classroom: Why preschoolers need more time outdoors
Trees are teaching tools at the Berkeley Forest School. Credit: Courtesy of the Berkeley Forest School At a forest school, […]
October 18, 2024
Transitional kindergarten can’t expand without the right kind of classrooms
Credit: Sarah Tully/EdSource This is the fourth in a series of stories on the challenges impacting California’s efforts to offer […]
October 16, 2024
How a caring teacher can make or break school for young students
Credit: Allison Shelley for American Education Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. The pint-sized pupils in Paula […]
October 15, 2024
For preschool educator, kids’ paintings give them a deep brush with themselves
Preschool children learn to express themselves through painting. Credit: Courtesy of Daniel Mendoza Daniel Mendoza makes his own paintbrushes. It […]
September 18, 2024