Early childhood education

Baltimore federal essential workers and families on SNAP can get up to $2,500 a month. Here’s how.

There are a lot of cases of hand, foot and mouth disease in Maryland and around the country right now, but officials says it’s rarely dangerous.

Head Start is a popular free program with bipartisan support. But the federal shutdown could shutter some classrooms nationally.

The waitlist has grown to more than 2,700 Maryland kids since May.

Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday that he was confident in Maryland Human Services Secretary Rafael López, despite the many challenges the embattled state agency has faced.

Maryland is one of just a handful of states piloting licenses for outdoor, nature-based child care programs.

Changing a child less frequently can lead to painful medical complications, like urinary tract infections and diaper rashes.

The Hilton Recreation Center is on to its next chapter.

The state projected getting back down to 40,000 child care scholarships by September. But the program is still thousands of vouchers over budget.

Each year, the program gave free books to about 2,500 kids every month. It ends after October.

Early Head Start provides free early learning for low-income kids starting as young as 6 weeks old. It’s a lifeline for some families in Howard County.

In a major pandemic milestone, the babies born during the early days of COVID-19 are finally old enough to start school.

The faces behind Little Oak Nursery School mostly come from the once beloved, now shuttered Mt. Hebron in Ellicott City where they all worked.

This year, Maryland parents may have to say no more often as they crunch shrinking back-to-school budgets.

Maternal mental health has declined significantly across the nation in the last decade. That trend holds true in Baltimore, experts say

As deportation efforts and anti-immigrant rhetoric ramp up, kids are feeling more isolated, losing benefits and risking long-term detriments.

Spending cuts may be aimed at adults on paper, but kids could still end up without sufficient food and health care under the One Big Beautiful Bill.

The U.S. Department of Education froze over $110 million for Maryland, including $11 million for Baltimore. Maryland’s Attorney General is suing to get it back.

More than 20 states, including Maryland, sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over billions of dollars in frozen education funding for after-school care, summer programs and more.

Shuffling preschool classrooms doesn't fit in with Howard County's plan to expand pre-K access for high-need kids