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Preschool Education

It's Time for Action: What Are We Waiting For? "The Greatest Cause That Can Be Served Is Childhood Education."

Jackie Jenkins-Scott | Posted 05.14.2013 | College
Jackie Jenkins-Scott

It is a known fact that over 90 percent of the brain is constructed and the road map for future social, emotional and physical development takes form through interactive relationships.

Universal Preschool: Use Innovation and Evidence to Make it Effective

Robert E. Slavin | Posted 05.04.2013 | Politics
Robert E. Slavin

Expanding preschool access is a terrific idea, but it will take a lot of money and a long time to put into place.

Getting Preschool Right

Laurel Bongiorno | Posted 04.30.2013 | Impact
Laurel Bongiorno

Preschool children develop physically through running, jumping and climbing. Play is their context for deep learning and it is critical in preschool. Let's avoid the teacher-directed and worksheet-heavy model of the preschool classroom. Let's get it right.

Where's the Beef? Obama's Valentine to Early Education

Roberta Michnick Golinkoff | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

As James Heckman says, kids pick up the "soft skills" in preschool that allow them to work with others. "Valuable skills like how to resolve conflicts, how to share, how to negotiate, and how to talk things out."

LOOK: Photo Of Young Boy Wearing Pink Shoes To School Garners Heated Response From Parents

Posted 12.19.2012 | Gay Voices

Editor's Note: 12/19 -- The boy's older sister, whose January 2012 Tumblr post and photograph of her 5-year-old brother wearing pink shoes to school s...

How Curious George Helps Children's Math And Science

Posted 11.15.2012 | Home

A recent study of the popular children’s program Curious George found that the series’ television episodes and TV tie-in books positively impacted...

High-Quality Preschool Education Crucial To Economy, Society: Report

Posted 11.13.2012 | Home

In a brief released Tueday, National Education Policy Center managing director Dr. William Mathis urges policymakers to invest in high-quality prescho...

What Words Should A Preschooler Never Say?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 11.27.2012 | Parents
Lisa Belkin

We all have our list of those words. Not the banned-by-the-FCC ones -- I figure all parents agree that those should probably not be part of a 3-year-old's vocabulary. But words that are loaded, words that are hurtful, words that feel personal.

The Greatest Impact -- Remember JCC Preschool Teacher Chris Walton

Ellen Weinreb | Posted 07.21.2012 | Impact
Ellen Weinreb

Young professionals not only want successful careers but also want to contribute to society. Usually, they assume this will happen quite seamlessly in a fast-paced corporate world.

Four-Year-Old Locked In Stifling School Bus For 5 Hours

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.14.2012 | Home

Kizzy Emerson, a 4-year-old girl from Mansfield, Ohio, was accidentally locked inside a school bus for nearly six hours, WJW reports. “Her dad p...

Preschool Teacher Sells Chili to Make Ends Meet: Where Are Our Values?

Susan Ochshorn | Posted 04.07.2012 | Home
Susan Ochshorn

Something is really wrong with this picture.

An Open Letter to Cam and Mitchell

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 03.21.2012 | Parents
Rev. Debra Haffner

By five or six almost every child is going to surprise their parents with the "S," "D," or even the "F" word that they overheard on the playground, bus, or even from you.

"Preschool Sucks, I'm Walking Home!"

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.19.2011 | Home

After enduring only a few hours of his first day of preschool, 3-year-old Alfie Aldridge of Surrey, England decided he had had enough, the Sun reporte...

No More Boys Or Girls In Swedish Preschool Only Genederless Friends

ParentDish | Posted 08.27.2011 | Women

At a preschool in Sweden, there are no boys or girls. Only genderless "friends" Even the Swedish equivalent of pronouns such as "him," her," "he" a...

Pre-School for All: The Time Has Come

Mark Shriver | Posted 08.16.2011 | Home
Mark Shriver

The science on early childhood education is unequivocal. If the U.S. were to make a deep investment in this overlooked part of the education spectrum, we'd diminish many social ills, and increase graduation rates and family incomes.

Preschool Education Issues In America

John Merrow | Posted 06.06.2011 | Home
John Merrow

Every American toddler should have the opportunity to attend a high-quality, free preschool. Whether they go or not would be up to their guardians, of course, but the opportunity should be there.

Preschool Education: Talking is Teaching

Maxwell King | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Maxwell King

Even the poorest parents, unable to afford programs and devices and special educational applications, can harness the power of talking.