Students catch up under a giant oak tree on the first day of school at Palo Alto High School on August 14, 2024. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. The Palo Alto Board of Education plans to prioritize social ...

According to the Post Graduation Readiness Report by YouScience, 83 percent of students cannot connect the skills from school to future employment. Similarly, recent research shows that while 88 ...

In U.S. schools, teachers bear a significant responsibility for shaping what and how students learn. Often, they invest significant effort in researching and developing their own instructional ...

What makes for a “good” curriculum? It’s a simple question with no easy answer. Depending on who’s providing the definition, a good curriculum could mean one that aligns with state standards, or one ...

This webpage provides a menu of state policy recommendations and examples of state policies to expand access to affordable, high-quality child care and preschool opportunities. A mother holds her ...

Early childhood is a period of great developmental change that sets the foundation for all later learning and development. High-quality preschool is a key context for these developmental changes.

As summarized in Chapters 2 and 3, preschool curriculum plays a critical role in shaping instructional quality, classroom processes, and children’s early learning during a unique window of opportunity ...