What is the best way to help poor schoolchildren succeed at math? A study now sheds light on the ways preschool activities may -- or may not -- help children develop cognitive skills. What is the best ...

How can early-childhood educators best help children from low-income families succeed when it comes to learning math? Researchers from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ...

There’s nothing better than mixing fun and education, but it can be hard to know where to start. Whether it’s guessing games or puzzles that put your ...

Have you ever noticed how toddlers and preschoolers light up when they discover a new way to explore textures, shapes, and colors? A Non-food Sensory Bin can transform simple playtime into hours of ...

EdSource · How a charter school serving adults became embroiled in scandal and sparked calls for reform When Krystyna Kalishevskyi emigrated from Ukraine with her family last year, she had experienced ...

EdSource · How a charter school serving adults became embroiled in scandal and sparked calls for reform In the summer of 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the rollout of universal preschool across the ...

Editor’s note: Professor Laurel Bongiorno is director of the master’s degree program in early childhood education at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. She is working on a book on the value of ...

In early childhood education, structure is best understood as guidance rather than restriction. A thoughtful preschool ...

This post is by Kathleen Cushman. Her most recent book, with WKCD colleague Barbara Cervone, is Belonging and Becoming: The Power of Social and Emotional Learning in High Schools (Harvard Education ...

Three weeks into our extended coronavirus spring break at home, my husband wanted to discuss what we should be teaching our 4-year-old son. Every week had a different topic. One week it was space and ...