So far, 2025 has been a horror year for early education and care. Much of the recent media and political coverage about childcare has focused on safety. This is understandable, given the numerous, ...

Early childhood education in 2026 is blending research-based curricula, play-based learning, and social-emotional development into a more holistic approach. Educators are focusing on balancing ...

Start Early advances quality early learning for families with children, before birth through their earliest years, to help close the opportunity gap. The first five years of a child’s life are ...

Opened in July 2025, the WIU Bilingual Early Learning & Family Center offers a high-quality, university-aligned early learning experience for both native Spanish-speaking and non-Spanish-speaking ...

Early literacy often dominates conversations around foundational learning in today’s educational system. However, despite the emphasis on STEM in later years, the importance of early numeracy in ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

It is becoming a familiar challenge in Manatee County — keeping pace with continued growth.

About 15,000 children in Washington receive early learning and family support services from Head Start, the federal preschool program for low-income children. Eighty-one percent of parents said ...

Early childhood educator Emilee Reynolds, also known as Miss Emilee, said the boys’ unstructured play fit in with her plan.

Across the country, early childhood education centers have confronted mounting challenges in an industry that relies heavily ...