In the summer of 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the rollout of universal preschool across the state of California through the expansion of transitional kindergarten for all 4-year-olds by 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 ...
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WASHINGTON — Should preschool be more about ABCs or learning to play with others? Scientists found out that youngsters do better if they do both. So concludes a major study in Head Start programs in ...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2006--Parents now have access to a whole new world of fun learning for their preschoolers. Disney Online, part of the Walt Disney Internet Group, in ...
The trend in early education is to move from a play-based curriculum to a more school-like environment of directed learning. But is earlier better? And better at what? On a perfect Southern California ...
In Chicago, and across the country, school has become increasingly competitive. Preschoolers are sometimes expected to know their letters, numbers, even sight words, before they’ve truly had time to ...
Whether you’re hoping to get a head start, trying to avoid the fees associated with preschool or looking for ways to keep your preschooler engaged while at home, setting up an educational play space ...
The Biden administration has announced an ambitious, expensive plan for universal preschool for three- and four-year-olds. Some of the language in the White House (2021) announcement sounds comforting ...