early education

A kindergarten class in Stone Harbor, N.J., recently said bon voyage to a group of 18 orphaned turtles as part of a program to save thousands of the reptiles.

Oklahoma is strengthening its relationship with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program. The $2.5 million investment of federal COVID-19 relief funds is designed to expand the program to all of Oklahoma’s 77 counties.

An annual review of state-based preschool programs found big drops in enrollment and state funding in the 2020-2021 school year.

Parents across the country were hesitant to send their 4-year-old children to school during the pandemic. But, Oklahoma still ranked second in Pre-K access nationwide.

A long-term study of a statewide preschool program tracked students through the sixth grade and found those who attended prekindergarten falling behind.

The people who take care of and educate children under 5 years old, who are too young to be vaccinated, are in a special kind of hell right now.

Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor touted a victory in federal court over the weekend that suspends a vaccine mandate for Head Start workers.

The Biden administration believes the resulting legislation will still be transformative, but it is far less than what the president originally proposed.

Early childhood education is something Oklahoma has traditionally done well. But as parents fear the effects of COVID-19 on their youngest children, the state is seeing a steep drop in the number of students enrolled in Pre-K and kindergarten programs.

It's too soon to say if schools will see a surge, but they do know that kindergartners are entering their first year of school with a wide range of experience.