Diane Ravitch Has Questions for the Cuomo Commission
Governor Cuomo’s commission on education has an opportunity to change the direction of school reform. Right now, the state’s school system is in trouble. Federal tests show that achievement in reading...
View ArticleCity Sets Aside Dollars for More Full-Day Pre-K
More New York City children could have access to full-day pre-kindergarten programs starting next school year, especially children in the neediest neighborhoods. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools...
View ArticleDetails Emerge on Obama's Early Education Proposal
In Tuesday's State of the Union address, President Barack Obama called for universal early childhood education, citing a range of studies that show "the sooner a child begins learning, the better he or...
View ArticleHere are Three Things the Next Mayor Should Do for NYC's Youngest
It’s been one year since the Bloomberg Administration launched EarlyLearnNYC, an ambitious model aimed at improving the quality of the city’s contracted child care system for children ages 6 weeks to 4...
View ArticleTiny Furniture Makers in Demand as NYC Pre-K Orders Roll In
Now is crunch time for getting classrooms ready for thousands of four-year-olds who will start pre-kindergarten this fall under Mayor Bill de Blasio’s pre-k expansion. Some schools still face...
View ArticleCity's Denial of Early Childhood Contracts Raises Questions
The Williamsbridge NAACP Early Childhood Education Center is a neighborhood institution. It's been open for 44 years, long enough for former students to now send their own toddlers and pre-kindergarten...
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As Pre-K Expands, Early Child Care Gets Squeezed
Families of about 140 children who applied for child care and pre-kindergarten classes at Nuestros Ninos in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn, got a surprise recently when the city told them their...
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Philadelphia mayor looks to fund pre-K with controversial soda tax — by the...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: But first: The city of Philadelphia is considering a new, but controversial way of funding early education.Here’s my report, part of our weekly series...
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What it will take to create quality preschool for all
Students in Dasarie Forde’s preschool class (center) at P.S. 3 in Brooklyn, Fatoumata Soumounou (left), Suhail Imaduddeen (left, center) Deanna Moody (right, center) and Lucas Clarke (right), point out...
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Why are early childhood educators struggling to make ends meet?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: Now a look at how pre-K teachers and early child care workers struggle to make ends meet, earning little better than subsistence wages, even as...
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Could a Hillary Clinton presidency spark a preschool evolution?
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton talks to a youngster during a visit to the early childhood development initiative “talk to you baby” in Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Kathy Willens/ReutersThis...
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How Clinton and Trump plan to tackle education as president
Photo by Fuse/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton has spent decades talking about the needs of children and touting the benefits of early education. It’s a new subject for Donald Trump.RELATED...
View ArticlePrivate Pre-K Providers Struggle to Survive in New York City
Little Sunshine Preschool looks orderly: Its hallway is lined with cheery murals in primary colors, and construction-paper snowflakes adorn classroom doors. In a nod to the cultural heritage of its...
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A record number of kids now attend public preschool, so why has inequality...
A young student plays the xylophone at the Early Childhood Center in Salida, Colorado. The center is part of Salida’s small rural school district and serves those ages 1 through 5. Photo courtesy of...
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New York City's Students Are Getting Younger
New York City's preschool expansion is not happening in quite the same blitz as its massive scale-up of classes for 4-year-olds, when the city added nearly 50,000 full-day pre-k seats to the school...
View ArticleNew York City 3-K Teachers Juggle Playtime With Potty Time
Applications open this week for New York City’s free pre-school programs, and slots for three year-olds are expanding. The new 3-K classes build on the success of the de Blasio administration’s free,...
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