Early Childhood Education

Durham County’s Head Start and Early Head Start Programs could lose $16 million in federal funding.

This week, Gov. Josh Stein shared six statistics that underscore why he's calling the current state of child care a “crisis.” Education reporter Liz Schlemmer fact checked the claims.

Wake ThreeSchool first started two years ago with funding for Wake County three-year-olds from low-income families to attend high quality preschool free of charge. In June, the Wake County Board of Commissioners increased funding to serve 100 more children.

“Wanda Little Hands” is one of 15 education centers participating in the program aimed at serving 3-year-olds in underserved communities.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has announced it's expanding a successful early literacy program to all North Carolina…

Virtual learning has changed almost everything about the classroom experience in North Carolina, but implicit racial biases remain as a hindrance to…

COVID-19 outbreaks are springing up at a handful of childcare centers across North Carolina, threatening a vulnerable workforce of women who are largely…

Almost every day, 27-year-old Aubree Waddell takes her two youngest kids to the public library in Garner, to keep them busy. Today she’s sitting at a…

New research from the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation found that companies across the state are interested in making their businesses more…

New research from the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation found that companies across the state are interested in making their businesses more…