Early Education
Providing children with the experiences they need to succeed in school before starting kindergarten is critical. But what should those experiences be? Who should pay for them? As parents, school leaders and policymakers struggle to answer these and other questions, we cover what’s working, and what’s not, in early education.
OPINION: Employers must do more to support foster parents
Even in family-friendly workplaces, foster families don't get as much flexibility and understanding as biological families, to the detriment of kids in foster care
More than 220,000 Mississippi children may be missing out on promising home visiting program
More families are receiving home visits, but hundreds of thousands still in need
OPINION: Cognitive science suggests children develop phonics skills in different ways
7 points to consider about teaching students to read
When doctors say ‘Read,’ new parents listen
A campaign to get parents talking, reading and singing to their infants and toddlers by sending the message through pediatricians is working, new report shows
COLUMN: The number of public school students could fall by more than 8% in a decade
Declining U.S. births and immigration might lead to school closures but could also mean more pre-K spots
OPINION: These governors favor a group that didn’t vote for them: small children
Democrats and Republicans who got a boost on early education policies
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Child care available for only 23 percent of Mississippi’s infants and toddlers, report finds
There are more than four infants and toddlers in need of care for every one spot in a licensed center
Teachers are first responders to the opioid crisis
In some schools in McDowell County, W.Va., as many as 40 percent of kids don’t live with their parents
OPINION: Teachable moments from the Pittsburgh shooting
Change begins with discussions in school and at home