The largest-ever humanitarian intervention in early childhood education shows that remote learning can produce results comparable to a year of in-person teaching. The other day some preschoolers were ...

AMES, Iowa – Most parents carefully select what television programs and movies their children can watch. But a study in the latest Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology found that even ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Anya Kamenetz about an Arabic-language remote learning program called "Ahlan Simsim." It's a show by the Sesame Workshop, created for Syrian refugees. Over ...

Every 4-year-old in California can now go to school for free in their local districts. The new grade is called transitional kindergarten — or TK — and it's part of the state’s effort to expand ...

While there is wide consensus that preschool is beneficial for children, only about half of 3- to 4-year-olds in the United States are enrolled, according to the National Center for Education ...

When people talk about preschool readiness, the conversation usually jumps straight to letters and numbers. Can they count to ...

The popularity of my recent Psychology Today blog post (Preschool Isn't Prep—It's Prime Time for Brain Growth) underscored something powerful: a growing wave of parents and educators are rethinking ...