Sherman Collins, owner of Baby Duck Academy in Birmingham, comforts a child during nap time. Research shows more interaction between children and caregivers improves brain development. Credit: Jackie ...

This story about talking to kids was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, with support from the Spencer ...

In my role as a technology specialist — or tech coach — at an elementary school, I support teachers of students in pre-K through second grade and I often hear comments like these. It makes sense. The ...

When Rickeyda Carter started teaching young children, she led story time the way she remembers being taught as a child. That meant children were expected to sit, listen — and remain silent. “When the ...

Early childhood teachers face high rates of stress and job turnover. A new study from the University of Georgia found that a lack of planning time may only make things worse. Planning periods are ...

A child’s first moments are the most important for brain development — with about 90 percent of brain growth happening before a child turns five, Theresa Roedersheimer, executive director of the North ...

Stavros, a 4-year-old at Denver’s Palmer Elementary School, stood on a low blue chair scooping soil into a white pot he’d decorated with his school picture and stickers of a donut, a camera, and the ...

SPRINGFIELD — Amaris Cook-Mitchell left Square One a year ago, taking another job at a private child care facility for more money. “I lasted about a month,” she said. If you purchase a product or ...

Darya Carranza had never thought about becoming a teacher. As a child, she had wanted to do something that would help people; she toyed with the idea of becoming a nurse. But when she heard about a ...

ABBEVILLE, La. (KLFY) — The Louisiana Department of Education has selected Fatmina Brown, with United Way of Acadiana Early Learning Center in Abbeville, as an Early Childhood Teacher of the Year. The ...

For years, I began my workdays in tears, sitting in my car and wondering how a profession as vital as mine could be valued so little. I had a master’s degree in early childhood education, led a ...