Early Childhood Education

Kids play outside of their home in the West Washington neighborhood in South Bend, Indiana, U.S., June 26, 2019. Picture taken June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Lott - RC1BE196F320

Education Plus Development

Moving on up: More than relocation as a path out of child poverty

Lisa A. Gennetian and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Twin girls walk to their school in Kodinji village in the southern Indian city of Kerala

Up Front

The precocious period: Impact of early menarche on schooling in India

Madhulika Khanna

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Children draw at an "anganwadi" (creche) centre under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme in Kutnabari village, about 45 km (28 miles) north of Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, August 9, 2008. The scheme aims to improve the nutritional and health status of children up to 6 years of age, pregnant women and nursing mothers from rural and tribal areas. The ICDS provides services like health check-up, immunization, pre-school education, supplementary nutrition amongst others. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey (JNDIA) - GM1E4891T1E01

Education Plus Development

To ensure a gender-transformative approach in the early years, India must engage parents and teachers

Samyukta Subramanian

Monday, October 14, 2019

Newark Prep Charter School students listen to academic coach, Robbie Garland, while taking part in an advisory session at the school in Newark, New Jersey April 16, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION) - TM4E94Q0XVB01

The Avenue

AI is coming to schools, and if we’re not careful, so will its biases

Andre M. Perry and Nicol Turner Lee

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Reports

Boys play at a school in Yemen's capital Sanaa sheltering them and their families after the conflict forced them to flee their areas from the Houthi-controlled northern province of Saada August 4, 2015. A Saudi-led Arab alliance launched a military campaign on March 26 to end Houthi control over much of Yemen and to return President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi from exile. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - GF20000013228

Report

How playful learning can help leapfrog progress in education

Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Five years old Soe Morales peers to the camera while being carried by her mother during their journey towards the United States, in Guastatoya, Guatemala, January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini - RC1421FAAAC0

Children & Families

The Power of Love: Why maternal depression is an economic mobility issue

Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Safe Passage worker Irene Fonder helps two Sherwood Elementary School children cross an intersection in the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, United States, September 8, 2015. The fourth-largest U.S. public school system is not cutting corners when it comes to the $17.8 million annual budget for safety patrols that watch over children walking to school through neighborhoods plagued by gang violence. The school district has expanded the two-year-old Safe Passage program to seven additional schools this year, bringing it to a total of 140 of Chicago's 660 public schools. REUTERS/Jim Young - GF10000197899

Early Childhood Education

A good-enough early childhood

Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Report

Pathways for gender equality through early childhood teacher policy in China

Jin Chi

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

A student writes down in her note book on the first day of school in Managua February 11, 2013. Around 1.6 million students are expected to start their new academic year, according to the Ministry of Education of Nicaragua. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (NICARAGUA - Tags: EDUCATION) - GM1E92C0D4D01

Report

Use of data from 21st century skills assessments: Issues and key principles

Alvin Vista, Helyn Kim, and Esther Care

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Blog Posts

Amirah al-Turkistani, a graphic design lecturer at Jeddah University, reads a bedtime story to her children at her house in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, October 23, 2017. REUTERS/Reem Baeshen SEARCH "BAESHEN WOMEN" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC12949DD6F0

Brown Center Chalkboard

What cutting-edge neuroscience tells us about early childhood development

Dr. Dana Suskind

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Primary school student Mia (7) reads a book with a retired teacher and volunteer, Magda Rakytiakova (70), in an empty school, closed during a one-day strike by local teachers seeking higher salaries and better work conditions, in Bratislava September 13, 2012. Mia, along with other children whose parents were unable to take care of them during the strike on Wednesday, were placed in the care of volunteers who offered their services to take care of them. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa (SLOVAKIA - Tags: EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E89D1EIB01

Education Plus Development

Back to school 2019: A lesson plan from the science of learning

Molly Scott and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Monday, September 16, 2019

A four year-old boy plays at the Kathinka-Platzhoff-Stiftung Kindergarten (Kathinka-Platzhoff-foundation kindergarden) in Hanau, 30km (18 miles) south of Frankfurt, July 16, 2013. From August 1, 2013, all children in Germany between the age of 1 and 3 will have a legal entitlement to a place at a kindergarten. The Kindergarten of the Kathinka-Platzhoff-Stiftung is one of few which hosts children between the age of six month and six years. Picture taken July 16. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY EDUCATION) - BM2E97G14ZD01

Education Plus Development

School’s out: Block out time for spatial learning

Corinne Bower, Lien Vu, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

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Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

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Adults and children play with Lego bricks during the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Lego brick, at Lego House in Billund, Denmark January 28, 2018. Scanpix Denmark/Michael Drost-Hansen via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK. - RC142CA74E00

Podcast Episode

The power of parents in accelerating global education progress

Rebecca Winthrop and Fred Dews

Friday, June 7, 2019

School girls wearing pink turbans wave during celebrations to mark International Day of the Girl Child 2018, at a school in Chandigarh, India October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Ajay Verma TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1336C3B510

Podcast Episode

Echidna Global Scholars: Four leaders in girls’ education share their stories and policy ideas

Christina Kwauk and Fred Dews

Friday, December 7, 2018

Children attend classes at a school in San Cristobal, Venezuela February 20, 2018. Picture taken February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez - RC1F51D68850

Education in Developing Nations

Remaking education to help young people thrive

Rebecca Winthrop and Fred Dews

Friday, May 25, 2018

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