When children are little, their first teachers are their parents. But when it comes time for preschool, not every young child is enrolled. Sometimes, if they haven’t been trained, parents and ...

While COVID has meaningfully impacted our K-12 and higher education systems in the U.S., the early years have arguably been even more challenged. Child care supply has been decimated and parents of ...

The preschool years present a critical developmental period sensitive to changes in public health and social policy, for which robust investments in programs that support families can improve ...

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Standing in her living room, Isabel Valencia sets up her makeshift tennis serve with the materials on hand: a green balloon for a ball and a ruler affixed to a paper plate for a ...

In 2024, EdSurge published several dozen stories about early care and education, up from just a handful when we first began covering the early years five years ago. Conditions of the field continue to ...

The Center for American Progress has developed a data dashboard that allows users to explore national- and state-level data trends on a range of child care and early learning topics, including access ...

Click on the interactive ‘ELP Footprint (Map)’ to see a summary of the country-level work financed by ELP highlighting four specific work programs: catalytic country grants, Early Years Fellows, Early ...

For decades, many people saw childcare as a necessary evil—a service that allowed parents to work but was not considered ideal for a child’s development. If parents could afford it, the preferred ...