It may look like children are just playing-as they giggle, babble and analyze items that have caught their eye and sparked their curiosity. But they're actually engrossed in the important work of ...

Perspectives on Psychological Science publishes an eclectic mix of provocative reports and articles, including broad integrative reviews, overviews of research programs, meta-analyses, theoretical ...

The early care and education field has experienced an eventful — sometimes tumultuous — year, placing it repeatedly in the ...

On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the Glenbard Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present "Start Them Off Right: Partnerships that Build Early Childhood Success" with psychologist Iheoma Iruka in two ...

Marg Rogers is a Research Fellow with the Commonwealth-funded Manna Institute that builds place-based research capacity to improve mental health in regional, rural, and remote Australia through the ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Taylor Harris is one success story of the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation’s (VECF) Early Educator Fast Track initiative. “I work with school-aged and infants,” the assistant ...

Babies are curious and seek new information to get familiar with their environment. The first five years are a foundational period during which most of their cognitive development occurs. By blending ...

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New, comprehensive data on child care workers in center-based programs—analyzing their demographics, education, experience, and wages—reveal widening pay gaps and inequality. 76 percent of early ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...