Children from middle-income families are more likely to attend preschool than their peers from low-income families, but less likely to attend than children from high-income families. Maybe not ...

As the price of private preschool soars and states spend more than ever on public programs for the poor, will the middle class be left behind? Josiah Taft, 4, played at the water table in his public ...

Children read in a toddler classroom at an Educare child care center in Arizona. Credit: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our ...

Teachers can structure learning experiences by providing time and space for children to ask their own questions and make ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. A preschool class at Father Joe’s Villages’ Therapeutic Childcare Center. / Photo by ...

Being polite, taking turns, and demonstrating other appropriate behavior can be difficult for many preschoolers, but even more so for children with autistic spectrum disorders. One fledgling ...

SPRINGFIELD — Literacy Coach Lori Kyle uncapped a blue marker and held one of her 3-year-old pupil’s hands as they traced out her name, S-O-U-L-E-I-R-Y, on a whiteboard. Across the room, a pair of ...

Preschool teacher Katelyn Ferman has her hands full. With 20 children in her full-day preschool class at McCaw Elementary, she regularly has to quickly switch gears from teaching social skills to ...

AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho — After reading a book about the five senses to a semicircle of rapt 4-year-olds, Abi Hawker tells the children in her afternoon preschool class that she has a surprise for them.

State officials say over 11,000 Colorado children will get free full-day classes through the state’s universal preschool program this year, more than double the number last year. The increase means ...

Young children with disabilities are still being shut out of New York City’s preschool special education classes — and with a month to go until the start of school, their chances of enrolling before ...