Erica Zippert has received funding from the Heising-Simons Foundation for her research. Bethany Rittle-Johnson receives funding from the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, ...

Young students may repeatedly show progress and regression in skill development, and capturing their learning amid this variability is a challenge.

CHILDREN COME INTO THE WORLD eager to learn. The first five years of life are a time of enormous growth of linguistic, conceptual, social, emotional, and motor competence. Right from birth a healthy ...

EdSource · When teens counsel teens: Why peer support programs are growing In the summer of 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the rollout of universal preschool across the state of California through ...

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A high-quality preschool curriculum gives children opportunities to build both social-emotional and cognitive skills as they learn.

Young children are capable of understanding and actively building knowledge, and they are highly inclined to do so. While there are developmental constraints on children’s competence, those ...