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Most Popular EdSurge Early Education Stories of 2025

Jan 8 · Lauren Coffey

Most Popular EdSurge Early Education Stories of 2025

News | Fun Stuff

Most Popular EdSurge Early Education Stories of 2025

Jan 8

Most Popular EdSurge Early Education Stories of 2025

Early Learning

What Climate Change Means for Little Kids — And Their Caregivers

Dec 1, 2025 · Emily Tate Sullivan

What Climate Change Means for Little Kids — And Their Caregivers

Early Learning

What Climate Change Means for Little Kids — And Their Caregivers

Dec 1, 2025

What Climate Change Means for Little Kids — And Their Caregivers

Teacher First-Person | Early Learning

After Years Reporting on Early Care and Education, I’m Now Living It

Nov 17, 2025 · Emily Tate Sullivan

After Years Reporting on Early Care and Education, I’m Now Living It

Teacher First-Person | Early Learning

After Years Reporting on Early Care and Education, I’m Now Living It

Nov 17, 2025

After Years Reporting on Early Care and Education, I’m Now Living It

Child Care

More States Adopt ‘Tri-Share’ for Child Care, Even As Some Question Its Merits

Nov 11, 2025 · Emily Tate Sullivan

More States Adopt ‘Tri-Share’ for Child Care, Even As Some Question Its Merits

Child Care

More States Adopt ‘Tri-Share’ for Child Care, Even As Some Question Its Merits

Nov 11, 2025

More States Adopt ‘Tri-Share’ for Child Care, Even As Some Question Its Merits

Research Commentary | Literacy

This Teacher Says Toddlers Can Read. Here’s What Science and My 4-Year-Old Say.

Oct 31, 2025 · Mi Aniefuna

This Teacher Says Toddlers Can Read. Here’s What Science and My 4-Year-Old Say.

Research Commentary | Literacy

This Teacher Says Toddlers Can Read. Here’s What Science and My 4-Year-Old Say.

Oct 31, 2025

This Teacher Says Toddlers Can Read. Here’s What Science and My 4-Year-Old Say.

Policy and Government

Two Moms and Trump’s Head Start Rule: Child Care Shortages Meet Anti-Immigrant Politics

Sep 19, 2025 · Ann Schimke, Chalkbeat

Two Moms and Trump’s Head Start Rule: Child Care Shortages Meet Anti-Immigrant Politics

Policy and Government

Two Moms and Trump’s Head Start Rule: Child Care Shortages Meet Anti-Immigrant Politics

Sep 19, 2025

Two Moms and Trump’s Head Start Rule: Child Care Shortages Meet Anti-Immigrant Politics

How School-Family Partnerships Can Boost Early Literacy

Sep 10, 2025 · Megan Colburn

How School-Family Partnerships Can Boost Early Literacy

How School-Family Partnerships Can Boost Early Literacy

Sep 10, 2025

How School-Family Partnerships Can Boost Early Literacy

Well-Being

4-Year-Olds Pose Messy Challenge for Elementary Schools: Toilet-Training

Sep 5, 2025 · Lasherica Thornton, EdSource

4-Year-Olds Pose Messy Challenge for Elementary Schools: Toilet-Training

Well-Being

4-Year-Olds Pose Messy Challenge for Elementary Schools: Toilet-Training

Sep 5, 2025

4-Year-Olds Pose Messy Challenge for Elementary Schools: Toilet-Training

Policy and Government

Head Start Funding Is on Track for Approval. It Still May Not Be Enough.

Sep 3, 2025 · Lauren Coffey

Head Start Funding Is on Track for Approval. It Still May Not Be Enough.

Policy and Government

Head Start Funding Is on Track for Approval. It Still May Not Be Enough.

Sep 3, 2025

Head Start Funding Is on Track for Approval. It Still May Not Be Enough.

Early Learning

Study: Kids Suffer as Nearly Half of U.S. Families Struggle to Meet Basic Needs

Jul 15, 2025 · Marianna McMurdock

Study: Kids Suffer as Nearly Half of U.S. Families Struggle to Meet Basic Needs

Early Learning

Study: Kids Suffer as Nearly Half of U.S. Families Struggle to Meet Basic Needs

Jul 15, 2025

Study: Kids Suffer as Nearly Half of U.S. Families Struggle to Meet Basic Needs

Teaching and Learning

Montessori Schools Are Hot — Until They're Not. What Does That Mean About Education?

Jun 9, 2025 · Lauren Coffey

Montessori Schools Are Hot — Until They're Not. What Does That Mean About Education?

Teaching and Learning

Montessori Schools Are Hot — Until They're Not. What Does That Mean About Education?

Jun 9, 2025

Montessori Schools Are Hot — Until They're Not. What Does That Mean About Education?

Policy and Government

Pre-K Spending and Enrollment Reach All-Time High, But Quality Concerns Remain

May 8, 2025 · Lauren Coffey

Pre-K Spending and Enrollment Reach All-Time High, But Quality Concerns Remain

Policy and Government

Pre-K Spending and Enrollment Reach All-Time High, But Quality Concerns Remain

May 8, 2025

Pre-K Spending and Enrollment Reach All-Time High, But Quality Concerns Remain

Early Learning

Ending USDA Programs for School Meals Will Impact Learning, Experts Warn

Apr 28, 2025 · Jewél Jackson

Ending USDA Programs for School Meals Will Impact Learning, Experts Warn

Early Learning

Ending USDA Programs for School Meals Will Impact Learning, Experts Warn

Apr 28, 2025

Ending USDA Programs for School Meals Will Impact Learning, Experts Warn

Policy and Government

Head Start’s Future Is Uncertain. Rural Americans Aren’t Ready for What Happens Next.

Apr 21, 2025 · Claire Woodcock

Head Start’s Future Is Uncertain. Rural Americans Aren’t Ready for What Happens Next.

Policy and Government

Head Start’s Future Is Uncertain. Rural Americans Aren’t Ready for What Happens Next.

Apr 21, 2025

Head Start’s Future Is Uncertain. Rural Americans Aren’t Ready for What Happens Next.

Early Learning

Portland’s Universal Pre-K Proposal Was Hailed as a ‘National Model.’ How’s the Rollout Going?

Apr 7, 2025 · Emily Tate Sullivan

Portland’s Universal Pre-K Proposal Was Hailed as a ‘National Model.’ How’s the Rollout Going?

Early Learning

Portland’s Universal Pre-K Proposal Was Hailed as a ‘National Model.’ How’s the Rollout Going?

Apr 7, 2025

Portland’s Universal Pre-K Proposal Was Hailed as a ‘National Model.’ How’s the Rollout Going?

Early Learning

Why the Dire State of the Early Learning Workforce Is ‘Alarming and Not Surprising’

Mar 31, 2025 · Emily Tate Sullivan

Why the Dire State of the Early Learning Workforce Is ‘Alarming and Not Surprising’

Early Learning

Why the Dire State of the Early Learning Workforce Is ‘Alarming and Not Surprising’

Mar 31, 2025

Why the Dire State of the Early Learning Workforce Is ‘Alarming and Not Surprising’

Early Learning

What Will Districts Do With All Those Empty School Buildings? Some Look to Fill Them With Younger Kids

Mar 17, 2025 · Emily Tate Sullivan

What Will Districts Do With All Those Empty School Buildings? Some Look to Fill Them With Younger Kids

Early Learning

What Will Districts Do With All Those Empty School Buildings? Some Look to Fill Them With Younger Kids

Mar 17, 2025

What Will Districts Do With All Those Empty School Buildings? Some Look to Fill Them With Younger Kids

Early Numeracy as a Cornerstone of Long-Term Academic Success

Mar 3, 2025 · Sheila Robitaille

Early Numeracy as a Cornerstone of Long-Term Academic Success

Early Numeracy as a Cornerstone of Long-Term Academic Success

Mar 3, 2025

Early Numeracy as a Cornerstone of Long-Term Academic Success

Policy and Government

Idaho Moves to Deregulate Child Care in First-of-Its-Kind Legislation

Feb 27, 2025 · Emily Tate Sullivan

Idaho Moves to Deregulate Child Care in First-of-Its-Kind Legislation

Policy and Government

Idaho Moves to Deregulate Child Care in First-of-Its-Kind Legislation

Feb 27, 2025

Idaho Moves to Deregulate Child Care in First-of-Its-Kind Legislation

Early Learning

What We Can Learn From Red States' Approaches to Child Care Challenges

Feb 18, 2025 · Katie Dukes and Liz Bell, EdNC.org

What We Can Learn From Red States' Approaches to Child Care Challenges

Early Learning

What We Can Learn From Red States' Approaches to Child Care Challenges

Feb 18, 2025

What We Can Learn From Red States' Approaches to Child Care Challenges

When Early Learning Serves as a Catalyst for Change

Feb 3, 2025 · Abbie Misha

When Early Learning Serves as a Catalyst for Change

When Early Learning Serves as a Catalyst for Change

Feb 3, 2025

When Early Learning Serves as a Catalyst for Change

Early Learning

Why Don’t Early Childhood Programs Have Access to Substitute Teachers?

Feb 3, 2025 · Emily Tate Sullivan

Why Don’t Early Childhood Programs Have Access to Substitute Teachers?

Early Learning

Why Don’t Early Childhood Programs Have Access to Substitute Teachers?

Feb 3, 2025

Why Don’t Early Childhood Programs Have Access to Substitute Teachers?

Early Learning

Relationships Are Key to Kids’ Growth — And They’re in Crisis, Expert Says

Jan 27, 2025 · Emily Tate Sullivan

Relationships Are Key to Kids’ Growth — And They’re in Crisis, Expert Says

Early Learning

Relationships Are Key to Kids’ Growth — And They’re in Crisis, Expert Says

Jan 27, 2025

Relationships Are Key to Kids’ Growth — And They’re in Crisis, Expert Says

Workforce Training

As Apprenticeships Expand in Early Childhood, These States Are Training the Field’s Future Leaders

Jan 14, 2025 · Emily Tate Sullivan

As Apprenticeships Expand in Early Childhood, These States Are Training the Field’s Future Leaders

Workforce Training

As Apprenticeships Expand in Early Childhood, These States Are Training the Field’s Future Leaders

Jan 14, 2025

As Apprenticeships Expand in Early Childhood, These States Are Training the Field’s Future Leaders

Early Learning

The Early Childhood Education Stories You Loved Most in 2024

Jan 7, 2025 · Emily Tate Sullivan

The Early Childhood Education Stories You Loved Most in 2024

Early Learning

The Early Childhood Education Stories You Loved Most in 2024

Jan 7, 2025

The Early Childhood Education Stories You Loved Most in 2024

Early Learning

Intergenerational Care Benefits Children and Seniors. Why Is It Still So Rare?

Dec 17, 2024 · Emily Tate Sullivan

Intergenerational Care Benefits Children and Seniors. Why Is It Still So Rare?

Early Learning

Intergenerational Care Benefits Children and Seniors. Why Is It Still So Rare?

Dec 17, 2024

Intergenerational Care Benefits Children and Seniors. Why Is It Still So Rare?

Early Learning

Here Are Some Models of Recovery for Early Care and Learning After Hurricane Helene

Nov 12, 2024 · Liz Bell, EdNC.org

Here Are Some Models of Recovery for Early Care and Learning After Hurricane Helene

Early Learning

Here Are Some Models of Recovery for Early Care and Learning After Hurricane Helene

Nov 12, 2024

Here Are Some Models of Recovery for Early Care and Learning After Hurricane Helene

Early Learning

How a New Approach to Early Childhood Could Avert a ‘Public Policy Catastrophe’

Nov 5, 2024 · Emily Tate Sullivan

How a New Approach to Early Childhood Could Avert a ‘Public Policy Catastrophe’

Early Learning

How a New Approach to Early Childhood Could Avert a ‘Public Policy Catastrophe’

Nov 5, 2024

How a New Approach to Early Childhood Could Avert a ‘Public Policy Catastrophe’

Education Workforce

Despite Historic Funding, Early Childhood Educators Continue to Struggle, Report Finds

Oct 15, 2024 · Emily Tate Sullivan

Despite Historic Funding, Early Childhood Educators Continue to Struggle, Report Finds

Education Workforce

Despite Historic Funding, Early Childhood Educators Continue to Struggle, Report Finds

Oct 15, 2024

Despite Historic Funding, Early Childhood Educators Continue to Struggle, Report Finds

Early Learning

With Kindergarten Readiness on the Decline, Some Districts Try New Interventions

Sep 17, 2024 · Emily Tate Sullivan

With Kindergarten Readiness on the Decline, Some Districts Try New Interventions

Early Learning

With Kindergarten Readiness on the Decline, Some Districts Try New Interventions

Sep 17, 2024

With Kindergarten Readiness on the Decline, Some Districts Try New Interventions

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