Why is design thinking developmentally appropriate for early childhood education? Young children are natural problem-solvers Copple and Bredekamp (2009). If you have ever watched a toddler explore ...

Early childhood educators, policymakers, researchers and practitioners are the driving force that ensures children have access to quality education. Drawing on their extensive expertise and ...

This is the 16th blog in our series on the Early Care and Education (ECE) Implementation Working Group. For more information ...

Combining years of on the ground program experience of our members along with first of its kind research and analysis, our ...

Facilities and curriculum for early childhood learning should be “developmentally appropriate,” says Dr. Julie Zoellin Cramer, founder of Wayfind Education and an LPA consultant. It’s more than ...

High-quality early-childhood programs boost graduation rates, reduce grade retention and cut down on special education placements, according to a new analysis of several other early-education ...

The ECE funding review is an opportunity to design a system that works not just for the average family, but for every family.

The Early Childhood program is designed for students who wish to teach in grades pre-K-2. The program stresses a humanistic approach to teaching that is both developmentally appropriate and ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced plans to scale up the innovative GES-Lively Minds kindergarten programme ...

While grant makers have historically put more resources into elementary and secondary education than early childhood, support for the youngest learners is on the rise. From 2006 to 2013, foundations ...

The Center for Early Childhood Education is located on the Fort Hill campus of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. The center, commonly referred to as “Fort Hill,” offers full- and part-time ...

If you’re enthusiastic about working with children and making a meaningful difference in their lives, an associate in early childhood education may be a good fit for you. Early childhood ...