March 5, 2026 - Teachers are striking for better pay, benefits and class size. But school districts say their budgets are extremely tight and they’re contemplating layoffs. Enrollment in early ...

The decision to eliminate Head Start — outlined in Project 2025 — is the latest attack on education by the Trump administration. This 60-year-old program serves around 800,000 children and often has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Jen Dominique, mother of three, faced the closure of her child’s Head Start program in November because of the federal ...

Candace Witherspoon, director of the Division of Child Development and Early Education, said NC may hit a record low of child care facilities next year.

In a Louisiana Department of Education November newsletter, state Superintendent Dr. Cade Brumley asserted that anyone who still believes that Louisiana is last in education “isn’t paying attention." ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Legislative Finance Committee Fiscal Analyst Allegra Hernandez (middle) explains details of the latest Early Childhood ...

A typical career trajectory in early care and education might follow like this: start as an assistant teacher in a classroom, eventually gain the experience to move up to lead teacher, and if you’re ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Vowing to make Illinois the top state in the nation for child care accessibility, Gov. JB Pritzker unveiled a plan Tuesday to consolidate all the state's early childhood programs ...

YMCA Learning Center Principal Sandy Canava talks to Ramon Garza, director of federal programs and fine arts at Hereford ISD as part of an Education Partnership of the Permian Basin and Empower ...

It’s that time of year when seemingly everyone has the sniffles, and many people are laid up with a cold, the flu or some other unsavory affliction. While staff absences are rarely seamless in any ...

When your little one reaches age 3 or 4, you may start wondering whether your child is ready to start preschool. You might ponder whether a full day or a half day is the better fit, or whether your ...

Finding and keeping enough child care workers is a challenge. A new state-funded effort aims to raise wages, train workers and keep them in Michigan classrooms.