Children lost out on about one-third of what they usually would have learned. School-aged children faced significant learning loss during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, data shows. The ...

Almost 20 years ago, psychologist Ellie Brown was looking to do research on a Head Start preschool program, to examine how it affected kids from low-income families. Brown, a professor of psychology ...

PBS Kids shows have always leaned into the joy of literacy, whether children experienced it through alphabet lessons on Sesame Street or story time on Reading Rainbow. For the past decade or so, ...

Contrary to the popular belief that children cannot learn and play at the same time, Nkhensani Mabunda, Caregiver Learning ...

A new program aims to teach them how AI works, by getting hands-on. “This new AI technology—it’s very interesting to learn how it works and understand it more,” says 10-year-old Luca, a young AI model ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. In 1966, when ...

“I want a turn! When’s it going to be my turn?” If you’re like me, you hear this constantly with your kids. My kids are learning how to share, and part of sharing is learning how to wait for a turn.

For the past 30 years and with broad bipartisan support in Congress, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has funded competitive Ready to Learn (RTL) grants, authorized under the Elementary and ...

Marie Mubalu supervises kids June 22 at Handicare, a day care in Coralville. Mubalu was part of Kirkwood Community College’s first class of a child care earn-and-learn program geared toward helping ...

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