Wagner: Young kids learn through play. Requiring it provides an education that is enriching and rigorous and sets the foundation for future success
More preschool funding faces opposition, but families struggle to pay thousands for private preschool.
The first federal food assistance program in decades helps eligible families cover groceries in the summer, but many dollars may go unclaimed.
Voters largely approved funding for children, though holdouts remain.
Child care may be closer to an open window of opportunity than our divided politics would suggest possible.
Wages for child care employees are lower than for animal caretakers and bellhops. In America, child care teachers earn a median wage of $13.07 an hour.
Editor Marisa Busch will expand The 74’s coverage of early learners, child care, school policy and the science of learning.
Research finds the country’s youngest elementary school students aren’t catching back up to pre-pandemic levels in reading and math like older kids.
Our divisive politics around immigration lag behind the diverse reality of our schools — and for English learners, early ed is a key to success.
Minnesota's lieutenant gov promoted free school lunch & Indigenous curriculum, served on Minneapolis's school board and was Walz's political mentor.
