early childhood education

When you're a parent, you just want to do what's best for your kids.But with so much parenting advice floating around, it can be tough to figure out what…

The Flint public school district is expanding early childhood education programs. The three-, four- and five-year-olds at the Great Expectations Early…

President Barack Obama will visit Flint tomorrow to get an update on the city’s drinking water crisis.In Flint, thousands of children under the age of six…

There’s a push on to get more young kids in the Flint area signed up for early childhood education programs.The state Legislature approved special funding…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced a $3.6 million immediate expansion for Head Start and Early Head Start services in…

A one-room schoolhouse. One teacher. Kindergarten through 8 grade. Older students helping the younger ones.That was how many Americans were educated in…

Think about most of the news stories you read about kids in Detroit. What comes to mind?Something about dysfunctional schools? Maybe a crime story?When’s…

When you are a school district where more than 80% of your students live in poverty, every penny that helps those students is critical.And that's why…

This week, Governor Rick Snyder made good on his promise to boost preschool spending.Today he got a chance to talk to some parents, teachers and school…

Michigan's economy may be slogging its way up the hill towards recovery, but life is not getting as good as it should for children in our state.That's the…