Early Childhood Education

Although the pandemic caused preschool education to stop for many, a local kindergarten readiness program's enrollment is recovering as it expands services.

Preschool got walloped in the pandemic, and kids disappeared from classrooms. The loss was greatest in communities of color and poverty, but coming out of the shutdown, efforts are underway to recover and, perhaps, grow preschool post-pandemic.

A new WYSO analysis of state education data show Ohio school officials issued over 30,000 suspensions to kindergarten through third-grade students during…

The state of Ohio recently allotted $9.1 million to fund mental health services for kids kindergarten age and younger. It’s all part of a larger effort to…

An Ohio initiative is seeking to boost access mental health consultants in an effort to curb the number of children expelled or suspended from…

The new Ohio budget contains an extra $25 million aimed at providing high quality preschool experience for low income children. It’s a tiny amount…

It’s pretty much accepted by education researchers that preschool attendance has positive long term effects—people who go to preschool are more likely to…

A national coalition of law enforcement officials is calling on Congress to fully fund preschool programs for low-income kids. Over 30 Ohio police chiefs,…