After years of neglect, writing skills are getting more attention in school

Teachers, districts and states are taking multiple approaches to curb what elementary teachers say is a trend of increasingly severe behavior problems in their classrooms.

Young kids need mental health support, protection from witnessing aggressive enforcement, experts say.

Between 2021 and 2023, the number of homeless infants and toddlers increased in 48 states and the District of Columbia. Experts worry that official statistics have not captured the true number.

Close to 40,000 foreign-born child care workers have been driven out of the profession in the wake of the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation and detainment efforts, according to a new study...

A Washington Post-KFF poll finds that pediatricians are the most trusted source for vaccine information and that confidence in them is a strong predictor of vaccination.

Behavior therapy should be a first step for families who have a child with ADHD, but a recent Stanford Medicine study found many children are receiving medication within a month of diagnosis.

Close to half of its seats in this federally funded free program are located in areas outside towns and cities. But federal staff cuts and funding showdowns may hurt some of the same voters in rural a...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Maggi’s home in a suburban neighborhood here is a haven for local families. It’s a place where after just a few weeks in Maggi’s family-run child care program this spring, one pres...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Maggi’s home in a suburban neighborhood here is a haven for local families. It’s a place where after just a few weeks in Maggi’s family-run child care program this spring, one pres...

Thousands more children are expected to go hungry this summer as a growing number of states and cities decline federal summer food dollars.

Live Oak Bank is funding a $600,000 two-year contract with Wonderschool to operate a substitute pool for child care programs in New Hanover.

An amendment posted late Monday night to an Oregon Senate bill seeks to end Multnomah County’s Preschool for All program.

Nebraska is a case study of what can happen when schools prioritize including students with disabilities in ways research shows helps all students learn.

Single parents will have to work to receive food benefits while some married parents will not.

States anticipated payments in April, but they’re still waiting for the funds, which they use to help low-income families afford child care.

A summer reading guide included made-up books by real authors.

States anticipated payments in April, but they’re still waiting for the funds, which they use to help low-income families afford child care.

Megan Newsome was 27 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer of the blood. After her son was born four weeks early, Newsome underwent intensive chemoth...

A growing number of cities, states and individual child care programs are pouring resources into training teachers on the importance of talking to kids as much as possible.

In the rural Methow Valley in northeast Washington state, parents have few options for child care. There are only two licensed programs in the community — one of which is a Head Start center. About 40...

The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.

Bills proposed in a handful of states would lower training requirements, loosen ratios

The Early Head Start partnership program has helped boost quality and provide stability for independent child care programs.

The White House's budget proposes eliminating Head Start, an early childhood education program that provides services to low-income families.

LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho confirmed the presence of federal officials at two elementary schools Monday.

New study says few teachers use methods tested by years of research

A growing number of cities, states and individual child care programs are pouring resources into training teachers on the importance of talking to kids as much as possible

Last month, my colleague Jill Barshay detailed potentially devastating cuts made to education research when the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) terminated 89 contracts at the Institute of E...

A growing number of cities, states and individual child care programs are pouring resources into training teachers on the importance of talking to kids as much as possible

Idaho is poised to become the first state in the country to eliminate state-mandated child-to-staff ratios for early care and education settings, a ...

Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, placing more than 10,000 student complaints related to disability access and…

Districts nationwide are investing in early learning centers tailor-made for 4-year-olds.

Every two weeks I dive into research and news in the early childhood world to bring you more insight into how young children learn, what’s working in early ed classrooms and how national and local pol...