As early childhood researchers, we’ve spent our careers steeped in an enormous body of work that documents the long-term positive impacts of quality early care and education on the lives of those ...

Today, New York City’s 1.1 million public-school students return to their classrooms—or, in the case of about seventy thousand four-year-olds enrolled in the city’s pre-K program, go to their ...

The biggest source of teachers’ hesitation appears to be concerns about developmental appropriateness for young children.

This article originally appeared on NextCity. It was reported in collaboration with the Philadelphia Public School Notebook, an independent, nonprofit news service that serves as an information source ...

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