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5 early childhood education highlights of 2025
[ad_1] In the nearly 13 years since I wrote my first early childhood story for The Hechinger Report, I have never experienced a year…
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Education
The Trump administration’s biggest impact on education in 2025
[ad_1] Even with a conservative think tank’s blueprint detailing how the second Trump administration should reimagine the federal government’s role in education, few might…
Dallas, Texas Local News
Texas parents can use $10K school vouchers at private pre-Ks in 2026, state says
[ad_1] Max Villalobos, 3, paints while attending pre-K at The Morris Foundation Child Development Center on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Fort Worth ISD and…
Education
Child care crisis deepens as funding slashed for poor families
[ad_1] by Jackie Mader, The Hechinger Report November 1, 2025 The first hint of trouble for McKinley Hess came in August. Hess, who runs…
Education
Many children with ADHD miss a crucial step in treatment
[ad_1] When pediatricians diagnose preschoolers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, there are clear steps they are supposed to take. Families should first be referred…
Education
Rural Americans support more government spending on child care
[ad_1] Hello! This is Christina Samuels, the early education editor here at Hechinger. By now, I hope you’ve had a chance to read my…
Education
OPINION: We cannot afford to dismantle Head Start, a program that builds futures, strengthens families and delivers proven returns
[ad_1] The first words I uttered after successfully defending my dissertation were, “Wow, what a ride. From Head Start to Ph.D.!” Saying them reminded…
Education
New Jersey’s ‘Abbott districts’ are 25 years into offering free, high quality pre-K, but at least 10,000 eligible kids haven’t enrolled
[ad_1] UNION CITY, N.J. — By 7:30 a.m., Jackson had started rushing his father, José Bernard, to leave their house. “Dad, we’re going! We’re…
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Local News
How to talk to children about school shootings after 2 killed in Minnesota
[ad_1] Another school shooting has unfolded, this time in Minnesota, as a new school year gets underway in many towns and cities across the…
Education
For Norwegian children, access to child care that supports a joyful childhood is a right. – The Hechinger Report
[ad_1] OSLO — It was a July afternoon in 2011 when a car bomb exploded just a few blocks from Robert Ullmann’s office. Because…
Education
OPINION: Most preschool curricula under-deliver, but it doesn’t have to be that way – The Hechinger Report
[ad_1] There is a long overdue movement in states and districts across the country to update K-3 reading and math curricula to ensure they…
Education
D.C. experimented with giving child care workers big raises. The project may not last – The Hechinger Report
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jacqueline Strickland has spent nearly her entire life caring for children in Washington, D.C., starting at age 7, when she…
Education
Curbing private equity’s expansion into child care – The Hechinger Report
[ad_1] Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends…
Education
California rolling out free transitional kindergarten, bumps and all
[ad_1] OAKLAND, Calif. — Teacher Yasmin Kudrolli sat on a low chair and lit a candle to start the morning meeting in her prekindergarten…
Education
Free child care exists in America — if you cross paths with the right philanthropist – The Hechinger Report
[ad_1] DERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — On a bright fall morning last year, a shimmering, human-sized Hershey’s Kiss with bright blue eyes greeted delighted children…
Education
Are more 5-year-olds coming to kindergarten in diapers? – The Hechinger Report
[ad_1] Consider this a head’s up: This week’s newsletter is about poop. Specifically, potty training. In January, Utah Rep. Doug Welton introduced a bill…
Education
Mississippi child care workers barely earn ‘survival wages’ – The Hechinger Report
[ad_1] Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends…
Education
Transit for toddlers: More bus stops needed near Head Start Centers
[ad_1] Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends…