“Play fair” may be one of the earliest lessons of preschool—perhaps even before the ABCs and 123s—and a new study suggests cementing that skill early can make for more just adults decades later. A new ...

Be sure that your preschool is asking kids to be responsible for their lunches, snacks and gear from home. “By the end of preschool, most kids can take on full responsibility for all of three items,” ...

Campaigning for the presidency in 2008, Barack Obama pledged to help states implement taxpayer-funded universal preschool--preschool for all.[1] The President's early education plan, for which he has ...

A study released Feb. 3 raises questions about the efficacy of preschool programs in boosting student test scores. The study comes four months before the June 6 primary election that will include ...

Sending your tiny toddler off to that first day of preschool is a bag of mixed emotions, as any parent who has been there can attest. But for me, there was something just a little bit exhilarating ...

Listening. Sharing. Following directions. Making friends. Managing big emotions. Planning for the future. A high-quality preschool program helps children develop in all these ways. But, a new report ...

January 22, 2026 - Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention. The rapid rollout of a hugely ambitious ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A global healthy lifestyle intervention initiated in preschool settings was associated with improved health ...

Earlier this week, state schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick was in Baltimore to tout new preschool curricula for child care centers, Head Start programs and nursery schools throughout Maryland.

We’ll take a look at some of the lessons learned in four states: Florida, Oklahoma, Vermont and Wisconsin. Some, like Oklahoma, have offered the program for decades, while others, like Vermont — one ...

It’s the sort of storybook ending that Mary and Dan Szeglowski like to read to their students under a tent in the large yard behind their Discovery Schoolhouse on a country road in Hamburg: When he ...