In his March 10 speech laying out his education agenda, President Barack Obama established expanded and higher-quality preschool education as the plan’s “first pillar.” That sensible foundation is ...

Everybody is talking about high quality preschools but few folks know what high quality preschool looks like—especially for literacy development. The following checklist can be used to evaluate ...

For many parents across the country, this fall will be their first time sending a child to school. Early childhood education has evolved, and educators and researchers are looking at this first ...

Students in the preschool at Family of Christ Lutheran Church in Chanhassen gathered April 6 to listen to a reading of the children’s book “My Daddy Tells Me” by author Thuba Nguyen. Nguyen is a ...

Preschool practitioners can follow a 5-phase assessment model of developmental literacy growth (an outgrowth of Piagetian theory) by observing how very young kids’ productions change qualitatively as ...

Students who attended a public Montessori program for preschool have better short-term memories and reading outcomes by the end of kindergarten compared to their peers, according to a new study.

On a recent Monday morning in Washington, D.C., a group of 3-year-old preschoolers bumbled their way into a circle, more or less, on the rug of their classroom. It was time to read. The children sat ...