by Sarah Green | Aug 2, 2017 | News, Student Issues
America is failing its kids when it comes to early education. One of the best practices that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has identified for educational success is an early start, and in this arena, the United States falls...
by Sarah Green | Jan 2, 2017 | News, Student Issues
Early childhood education, for those familiar with it, is of immense value, but to many people, it doesn’t seem to work out that way. Quality early childhood programs are expensive, and budgets have to get cut somewhere, right? But the same people who might support...
by Sarah Green | Oct 31, 2016 | News, Student Issues
The American Institutes for Research took a look at formal early childhood education this year, or as most of us know it, preschool. They found that approximately 48 percent of children from families below the poverty level participate in any form of preschool,...
by Sarah Green | Aug 13, 2014 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
It may be a leap to dispute the American Academy of Pediatrics’s recommendation for zero TV-watching (or any media use) for kids younger than two, but surprisingly, there are a variety of studies showing that educational TV can have a positive impact on kids...