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Category: Preschool and Primary


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Why Early Childhood Teachers Require a Unique Approach to Tech Coaching

February 27, 2024

Via: Ed Surge

In my role as a technology specialist — or tech coach — at an elementary school, I support teachers of students in pre-K through second grade and I often hear comments like these. It makes sense. The early childhood teachers […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Boys Aren’t Excelling in Schools. Would More Male Role Models in Early Learning Help?

February 14, 2024

Via: Ed Surge

Zachary Jackson thinks a lot about what his students may be learning from him in class. For some of his first graders in Atlanta, that goes beyond the actual academic lessons. They are also practicing how to be a man. […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Young students less prepared for grade-level reading, math

January 31, 2024

Via: eSchool News

Children who were in early childhood learning programs during the pandemic are struggling to keep up with grade-level learning in math and English, according to School Readiness for Young Students Post-Pandemic, a new report from Curriculum Associates that examines nationwide […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Are Preschools as Segregated as the Rest of American Life?

January 16, 2024

Via: Ed Surge

Sociologist Casey Stockstill spent two years observing “all the richness happening” inside a Head Start preschool in Madison, Wisconsin. Then, she figured, she ought to look at one other early learning program, for good measure. The Madison preschools shared much […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Emerging Solutions for America’s Broken Early Education System

January 9, 2024

Via: Ed Surge

In 2023, EdSurge sought out bright spots emerging in the early care and education space. In addition to our continued coverage of the challenges of this fragile, fractured system, we wanted to find and tell stories of resilience, innovation, burgeoning […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Our 10 Most Popular Early Childhood Education Stories of 2023

January 2, 2024

Via: Ed Surge

In 2023, EdSurge published a record number of stories on early care and education — the most we’ve run since we began covering the age group nearly five years ago. So this year, for the first time, we’re bringing you […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Breaking Barriers to a Foundational Early Childhood Education

December 6, 2023

Via: Ed Surge

A solid early education serves as a cornerstone for a child’s future. It shapes their physical, cognitive, social and emotional development while setting them on a path to success in both their academic journey and overall life experiences. However, many […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Child Care Programs See Closures, Resignations and Tuition Hikes After Federal Funding Expires

November 30, 2023

Via: Ed Surge

In Fairmont, West Virginia, Helen Post-Brown owns and operates an early learning program licensed to serve 160 children. These days, due to staff shortages, she can only accommodate about half that many. A dozen miles down the road, in Bridgeport, […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

5 edtech resources that support literacy in elementary school

November 13, 2023

Via: eSchool News

Fall is the best time of year in Montana. The air is crisp, the colors are beautiful, and, as school has been in session for two months, students and teachers alike have settled into a nice routine. It is the […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

How a Small Town in a Red State Rallied Around Universal Preschool

October 30, 2023

Via: Ed Surge

After reading a book about the five senses to a semicircle of rapt 4-year-olds, Abi Hawker tells the children in her afternoon preschool class that she has a surprise for them. She drags a small popcorn maker onto the carpet […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Ed tech for little ones needs more testing before rollout

September 22, 2023

Via: K-12 Dive

Early learning ed tech developers should have a comprehensive formative research process when creating their products, so products are launched and tweaked to be effective, panelists said. While formative and outcome research are essential to building a better product, that […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

U.S. Department of Education Announces Kindergarten Sturdy Bridge Learning Community

September 7, 2023

Via: U.S. Department of Education

The U.S Department of Education (Department) is announcing the launch of the Kindergarten Sturdy Bridge Learning Community, a multi-state effort to make kindergarten a transformational experience at the start of each student’s formal education journey. State education agencies (SEAs) and […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Staffed Up: 4 ways to tackle retention, recruitment challenges in early childhood education

May 31, 2023

Via: K-12 Dive

At Pittsburgh Public Schools, families are often denied early childhood spots because their income is too high to meet requirements under the grants that fund the programs. “There are a lot of families that we turn away that are not […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Frog Street Pre-K Curriculum Linked to Improved School Readiness

May 12, 2023

Via: eSchool News

Frog Street, an early childhood education company designed around the latest science in early brain development, has announced the results of a study conducted by the Johns Hopkins School of Education evaluating the efficacy of the Frog Street Pre-K curriculum […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Why design thinking is important in early childhood education

February 22, 2023

Via: eSchool News

In early childhood education, most parents are aware of the importance of teaching key academic skills such as early literacy and mathematics skills. Recent research also suggests that problem-solving is an equally important skillset to teach young children. While the […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Federal Government Launches First-of-Its-Kind Center for Early Childhood Workforce

February 21, 2023

Via: Ed Surge

While the national labor force has long since rebounded from the pandemic, the child care sector has lagged behind, experiencing a slow recovery that continues to this day. In the three years since the arrival of COVID-19, families have struggled […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Laying the Groundwork for Esports in Kindergarten

February 7, 2023

Via: EdTech Magazine

The mention of esports typically conjures images of teenagers in headsets, positioned in front of colorful keyboards and brightly lit computer monitors. As competitive gaming grows popularity at high schools and colleges across the nation, it becomes even more important […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Launching career activities in elementary school? Keep the focus wide

February 1, 2023

Via: K-12 Dive

Many elementary schools hold career days where students learn about jobs they may pursue. But educators can open the door a bit wider by exposing early grade students to concepts and hands-on activities that form the bedrock of some careers, […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Panel: Trauma of preschool suspensions, expulsions is long-lasting

January 10, 2023

Via: K-12 Dive

Although removing or excluding children from early learning settings, such as child care programs and preschools, is more common than many people realize, it’s difficult to cite specific data on how often this occurs, said panelist Kate Zinsser, an associate […]


Education Tech, Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

6 tips for tech-enabled instruction in the early literacy classroom

January 6, 2023

Via: eSchool News

1. Get to know the tech you already have. For teachers who would like to use more technology in their classrooms, the first step I suggest is to get to know your existing technology as well as possible. This was […]