In an era of packed schedules, screen time, and intense focus on school readiness, many children are playing less than in previous generations, which harms development.

Childhood is a time of growth, learning, and development. Your child is increasing in height and weight, learning new physical and social skills, and laying the foundations of adulthood. If you have ...

While COVID has meaningfully impacted our K-12 and higher education systems in the U.S., the early years have arguably been even more challenged. Child care supply has been decimated and parents of ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. In 1966, when ...

Proficiency in early math skills lays the groundwork for more advanced mathematical abilities, and socioeconomic disparities in these skills are apparent even before children begin formal schooling (e ...

If organizations want their learning and development efforts to produce results, they need to redesign the infrastructure that supports training.

Ohio Department of Children and Youth will use a federal grant worth $14.7 million to strengthen the child care-to-kindergarten system, though future program funding remains uncertain.

The Center for American Progress has developed a data dashboard that allows users to explore national- and state-level data trends on a range of child care and early learning topics, including access ...

BALTIMORE - Being fully potty-trained is a major milestone for children and parents. However, school staff are seeing more and more toddlers entering the new school year not quite ready. "We're ...