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Stories, faculty specialties, degree offerings, and professional development programs on topics spanning early childhood development and the practice and leadership of education in the preschool years
How intentional teacher language in early childhood classrooms can shape children’s inner voice, support emotional regulation, and promote lifelong resilience and well-being
Professor in residence and Immigration Initiative at Harvard director is the latest among HGSE faculty honored by the academy
U.S. Special Olympics chair and UNITE co-founder Tim Shriver highlighted ways to improve communication and rhetoric by choosing dignity over contempt
Experts in literacy development for children and teens explore what the latest scientific research tells us about how children successfully learn to read and comprehend.
Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child shares insight on why brain-building through play is an essential part of childhood development
There is more to preschool than learning your ABCs and 123s, researchers say, as they propose broader range of skills for assessing early education
The authors of a new study set out to understand how young children react to and process the idle talk they hear from adults
Child and family policy expert Elliot Haspel, Ed.M.'09, discusses the challenges and potential solutions for universal childcare in the United States
The latest episode of Education Now details innovative strategies for engaging with families and developing effective home, school, and community partnerships
Alum Janna Wagner wants to get this message across – and help those centers stay successful
Entrepreneurs and early educators will pitch cutting-edge ideas to advance the field on October 29
Zaentz Early Education Initiative looks for fresh ideas to transform the early education landscape
A paper published earlier this year highlighted the dangers of rising temperatures on infants’ development and health, offered practical solutions to mitigate its effects
A new episode of Education Now features experts discussing how "early relational health" impacts children and caregivers.
New comparative study from Ph.D. candidate Maya Alkateb-Chami finds strong correlation between low literacy outcomes for children and schools teaching in different language from home
Psychologist Peter Gray discusses how encouraging independent play fosters resilient, self-reliant, and mentally fit young people
Chelsea Clinton, researchers, and climate activists discuss the impact of a warming planet on early development
"For children from birth to age five ... we invest less in education than we do at any other stage of life, including not just K-12 but also higher education. Yet these children are going through the most important and fastest period of brain development that they’ll ever experience, a time when high-quality early education and care can significantly boost their chances for success both in school and in life."
The partnership between HGSE and Sesame Workshop highlighted by popular J-Term course
"Somehow, we got caught up in thinking that kids would pick up that sound-symbol correspondence … and the science is very, very, very clear. That instruction needs to be explicit and intentional."
"We now know that some kids who step into kindergarten on their first day, with their little backpacks, have a heightened risk for struggling with learning to read. That’s a really important distinction in terms of policy and how early we should find these kids and intervene."
Associate Professor Nadine Gaab on how earlier intervention can be the ultimate game-changer when it comes to identifying children with dyslexia and other learning differences
New research shows how parents can help kids — and themselves — use e-books as a tool to improve early childhood development
"It’s genuinely very hard to teach reading. We haven’t been as dogged in supporting teachers ... in teaching reading in a way that is as sophisticated and complex as it really is."
The new tool will help policymakers and leaders improve early education through shared strategies and innovations
Ten ways to jumpstart conversations with kids that will help them bounce back from challenges
The do’s and don'ts of empowering young children in the face of climate change