What is developmentally appropriate when it comes to learning? Cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham wrote about the subject recently on his Science and Education blog, and here is a version of that ...

Kindergarten in the United States is not what it used to be. For one thing, it’s longer. In 1998, only about 56 percent of children attended full-day kindergarten. Today, that figure is 80 percent, ...

Cross-posted from Digital Education: Everyone from parents to teachers to physicians continues to worry about how much time children are spending in front of computer screens. But in the ...

On my daughter’s first day of kindergarten 25 years ago, I was thrilled to see a door from the classroom that led straight to a sunny playground. But as the days passed, that door seldom opened: her ...

Kate Noble does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

In the Huron Valley Schools district, we begin implementation of our mission statement — Inspiring and Building Futures, One Student at a Time — with a variety of early childhood learning ...

High-quality early childhood education is critical for building the skills children need to learn and has been linked to long-term adult economic well-being. Investing in effective, low-cost teacher ...

One-quarter of children who start school aren't developmentally ready. Play-based learning in the early years of school can help with the transition, as well as providing a host of other benefits.