Almost 20 years ago, psychologist Ellie Brown was looking to do research on a Head Start preschool program, to examine how it affected kids from low-income families. Brown, a professor of psychology ...

PEL Learning launched the PEL Phonics app to support early literacy by helping young learners practice phonograms, letter sounds, and pronunciation at home. HAYWARD, CA, UNITED STATES, January 2, 2026 ...

PBS Kids shows have always leaned into the joy of literacy, whether children experienced it through alphabet lessons on Sesame Street or story time on Reading Rainbow. For the past decade or so, ...

Children lost out on about one-third of what they usually would have learned. School-aged children faced significant learning loss during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, data shows. The ...

While schools are right to focus on teaching kids the basics of reading, writing, math and science, the signs we desperately need to teach personal finance earlier in life are everywhere. After all, ...

“I want a turn! When’s it going to be my turn?” If you’re like me, you hear this constantly with your kids. My kids are learning how to share, and part of sharing is learning how to wait for a turn.

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. In 1966, when ...

On May 2, 2025, at the age of 30, the grant that funded much of PBS KIDS’ content—the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) (now defunct, too) and Public Broadcasting Service’s (PBS) Ready to ...