Early childhood education

Since the pandemic, Maryland has hemorrhaged day care and preschool teachers. These are some of the ways the state can rebuild its early childhood workforce.

Child care is no longer a sanctuary from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But day care owners and teachers say they're ready to protect their students and families.

New guidance tells public schools they should focus on the lowest-income pre-kindergarteners.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security this week ended a longstanding policy that had kept them out of schools.

The governor has proposed scaling back and delaying key parts of Maryland’s education reform plan.

Cooperative early learning programs bring parents a more affordable kindergarten prep option in exchange for their time.

“We will pause the elements that need a closer look or require laying a stronger foundation for full implementation,” Moore said of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.

School officials say the tool is closing learning gaps at record speed, even as literacy advocates raise concerns about screens.

Over a third of Maryland’s early educator families rely on public assistance.

Maryland is dead-set on getting more kids in pre-K — specifically in programs with highly skilled teachers and age-appropriate academic standards.

The state’s hotly debated literacy policy calls for holding struggling readers back, with some exceptions.

Teachers are suddenly without the extra income they’ve come to rely on. Their employers are scrambling to cover the difference, with tuition hikes on the table.

Opioids have devastated not just individuals in the rural Cecil County, but impacted children so heavily that officials are now treating addiction as a family affair.

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Here’s where Maryland pre-kindergarten stands, by the numbers.

Parents in the Baltimore area encourage each other to consider “red shirting,” or delaying kindergarten for one year. Here’s how it works.

ParentChild+ will send early learning specialists into 30 toddlers’ homes and day care locations twice a week, bearing educational gifts and guidance for caregivers.

Free pre-K is on the table for every 4-year-old in Baltimore City.

Educators say a smooth transition to “big-kid school” is all about practice. Here are five ways to prepare.

The proposed charter amendment known as the Baltimore Baby Bonus Fund is unconstitutional and will not appear on city voters’ general election ballots, according to a Friday ruling from Judge John S. Nugent.