Two new initiatives are evaluating preschool curricula, making the case that programs designed to teach the youngest learners ...

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AI is rapidly becoming a trusted partner for early childhood educators, helping them design engaging, personalized, and developmentally appropriate lessons. When used thoughtfully, AI can save time, ...

What is developmentally appropriate when it comes to learning? Cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham wrote about the subject recently on his Science and Education blog, and here is a version of that ...

From California’s push for play-based transitional kindergarten to Montessori’s independence-driven classrooms and Reggio Emilia’s curiosity-led learning, early education is evolving with the child at ...

When Krystyna Kalishevskyi emigrated from Ukraine with her family last year, she had experienced more trauma and fear than a 4-year-old can cope with. Going to school in California was a big challenge ...

Cross-posted from Digital Education: Everyone from parents to teachers to physicians continues to worry about how much time children are spending in front of computer screens. But in the ...

In the Huron Valley Schools district, we begin implementation of our mission statement — Inspiring and Building Futures, One Student at a Time — with a variety of early childhood learning ...

On my daughter’s first day of kindergarten 25 years ago, I was thrilled to see a door from the classroom that led straight to a sunny playground. But as the days passed, that door seldom opened: her ...