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Christopher Furlong / Getty When ‘Universal’ Child Care Isn’t Universally High-Quality
Quebec made up for shortages in its day-care system by letting private centers step in—and different families are getting very different experiences.
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Alexandra Beier / Getty The Perks of a Play-in-the-Mud Educational Philosophy
When did America decide preschool should be in a classroom?
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters The Intrusion of White Families Into Bilingual Schools
Will the growing demand for multilingual early-childhood programs push out the students these programs were designed to serve?
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Peter Nicholls / Reuters Where Are All the Preschoolers?
Communities may have the funding to expand services, but they don’t have the data needed to target the right children.
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Luke MacGregor / Reuters When Preschool Happens at Home
A program in Boston helps new parents find solace.
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HBO How Big People Shape Little Kids in Big Little Lies
The HBO miniseries is an honest reflection of parents’ psychological impact on their children.
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Alastair Grant / AP How Poverty Changes the Brain
The early results out of a Boston nonprofit are positive.
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Tara Garcia Mathewson Can Love Close the Achievement Gap?
The Boston Basics is a series of evidence-based parenting principles designed for children under the age of 3.
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David Adame / AP How Discrimination Nearly Stalled a Dual-Language Program in Boston
After years of advocacy, the city’s first Haitian Creole–English school opens in the fall.
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Ted. S. Warren / AP Why Doesn't Public School Start at Birth?
The economist James Heckman argues in a new paper that early-childhood education should commence at the very beginning of life.
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Godong / Getty The American Obsession With Parenting
Parents of all income and education levels are spending more time promoting their kids’ development—yet socioeconomic gaps in childrearing behavior are growing.
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Maskot / Getty How to Predict a Baby's First Word
A new study suggests what a toddler sees plays a major role.
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Courtesy of Landscape Structures The Playground Where Babies Learn to Talk
A campaign to encourage brain development is using parks to deliver its message to children and their caregivers.
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Mark Makela / Reuters The Ignored Science That Could Help Close the Achievement Gap
There’s a body of research on cognitive reading processes, so why isn’t it being utilized?
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Ronen Zvulun / Reuters Light Research Hasn't Slowed Pre-K Expansion
In a rush to adopt popular early-education programs, policymakers have not always evaluated what actually works for children.
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Ted S. Warren / AP The New Focus on Children's Mental Health
Most teachers don’t feel equipped to meet their students’ emotional needs, but some programs are working to change that.
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Long Story Short Media Where Childcare Is an Economic Engine
Despite boasting one of the nation’s first universal pre-k programs, parents in Georgia still struggle to make sense of the dollars and cents of the state’s early care.
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Long Story Short Media Is This as Good as Childcare Gets?
Massachusetts is, by many metrics, among the states doing the best job at providing for its youngest residents. But its system is still a letdown.
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Susana Vera / Reuters Why Parents Are Being Forced to Find Childcare Underground
Many impoverished families in New Mexico can’t afford licensed early education and are forced to rely on unregulated facilities.
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Claudia Daut / Reuters Even Black Preschool Teachers Are Biased
A new study shows that African American early educators hold students of the same race to a higher discipline standard.
