Preschool student play at the New Horizon Academy is shown in St. Paul, Minnesota. The United States currently lags behind other countries in terms of investment in and access to early education.

That’s thanks in large part to Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, born on this day in 1804, who opened the first English-language kindergarten in the United States and popularized the concept among ...

The United States needs to invest more in and improve access to preschool in order to build a globally competitive workforce. Early childhood education and school readiness is essential to ...

Children entering kindergarten in fall 2009 are eligible ... a widely used early development program in the United States, a typical week might include the following academic schedule: Monday ...