As families choose child-led approaches like Montessori, Reggio Emilia, and nature-based preschools, these models are ...

Yelena Hagooli has done everything possible to give her 4-year-old son the best start in life. She took him to the library every week, fed him the healthiest foods, left her job to care for him, and ...

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 ...

Michigan could spend more on education in a couple priority area under the governor's final state budget propposal. But results for state assessments and absentee numbers among the state's littlest ...

Many policymakers tout universal preschool as a strategy for reducing the achievement gap that exists before children begin school, and for preparing all children for the increased academic rigor of ...

New research finds preschool teachers' use of sophisticated vocabulary can predict fourth-grade reading comprehension and word recognition. Preschool teachers' use of sophisticated vocabulary and ...

Many young children have some degree of farsightedness—an ability to see objects far away more clearly than objects that are close up. Health providers are divided on whether moderate farsightedness ...

Massachusetts will invest $850,000 in developing preschoolers’ literacy skills, the Healey-Driscoll administration announced Wednesday. The money, to be split among four organizations, will better ...

A new study conducted by Education Development Center, Inc. and SRI International demonstrates measurable improvement in a preschool child's literacy skill development when participating in a ...

A kindergarten teacher at Jefferson Elementary has received a REACH grant to enhance literacy instruction.