The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the world’s largest organization working on behalf of young children. Bringing together diverse points of view, NAEYC sets ...

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The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the world’s largest organization working on behalf of young children. Bringing together diverse points of view, NAEYC sets ...

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On my daughter’s first day of kindergarten 25 years ago, I was thrilled to see a door from the classroom that led straight to a sunny playground. But as the days passed, that door seldom opened: her ...

Since the beginning of this year, many legislators and critics have dubbed Common Core "developmentally inappropriate." They argue that the new Math and English standards should be repealed because ...

Cross-posted from Digital Education: Everyone from parents to teachers to physicians continues to worry about how much time children are spending in front of computer screens. But in the ...

Everyone from parents to teachers to physicians continues to worry about how much time children are spending in front of computer screens. But in the mobile-and-apps age, considerations of what types ...

Although PBS may be synonymous with children’s programming, the addressable audience is not theirs alone. There are other players that fill the space as well—not so much to compete in the Business 101 ...

The 7-year-olds in Natalie May’s class have to stretch their fingers across the keyboards to reach “ASDF” and “JKL;” as they listen to the animated characters on their computer screens talk about ...