Students sit in the gym at Jefferson Early Learning Center. The gym’s flooring is made of layered vinyl to cushion falls. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one ...

A child plays with chalk during the Our Babies 1st: Restore the Pay Equity Fund rally at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2024. (Getty/Jemal Countess) This report accompanies the first ...

Early childhood education should prioritize social and emotional growth over premature academics. A nurturing environment ...

Reporter Emily Tate Sullivan has been writing about early care and education since 2019. In this essay, she describes how, this year, she began living it.

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 ...

In my previous posts, we explored why summer feels so boring for kids and why traditional activity lists often make the problem worse. Today, I want to dive deeper into what child-led learning ...

Nestled in the heart of Port Washington, something extraordinary is happening. Inside My Spectrum School, located at 11 Sintsink Drive E, classrooms hum not with rigid routines or rote memorization, ...

The Montessori Bee Curious syllabus brings together the trusted principles of the Montessori style with Busy Bees’ "Bee Curious Curriculum", creating a child-led learning experience where they are ...

Montessori parenting embraces a child-centred approach that stems from Dr. Maria Montessori’s educational philosophy developed in the early 1900s. This parenting style respects children as capable ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...