Preschool & Early Education News

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bright Horizons’ Horizons CDA & Degree Program provides full-time employees in Bright Horizons centers the opportunity to earn a CDA or degree....

SANTA ROSA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The fourth annual Birthday Benefit Bash, a community fundraiser that celebrates the birthdays of Brett Martinez, President and CEO of Redwood Credit Union (RCU), and Mark Nelson, lead singer of Walking Mirrors, raised $43,185 to benefit a trio of youth music education programs in the North Bay.The gathering brought together 250 guests at HopMonk Tavern in Sebastopol on April 18. It was a high-energy night featuring live music from The Walking Mirrors, a band...

GULFPORT, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RCLF convened childcare providers across Mississippi to discuss funding, advocacy, and solutions for a stronger childcare industry....

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arizona Early Childhood Fiscal Map and new data guides investments and collaboration for Arizona's children....

RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NSTA and STAC are launching a new professional learning workshop designed to help science educators build AI literacy and support student sensemaking....

DAVIS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Barobo, Inc., developer of the Linkbot™ educational robot and RoboBlocky™ learning platform, continues to expand comprehensive TK–12 pathways in mathematics, math intervention, computer science, and STEAM education for classroom and expanded learning environments through its Learning Math with Robotics™ initiative. A major milestone in this effort was the approval of RoboBlocky Math for adoption by the California State Board of Education under the California Math...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Data released this week by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) shows that reading achievement among 13-year-olds has fallen back to levels last seen in the early 1970s. The results underscore the depth and persistence of literacy challenges facing today's middle school students. And while much of the national conversation has focused on early grades, new research makes clear the crisis doesn't stop when students leave elementary school. On Wed...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. & HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Self-Insured Schools of California (SISC), one of the largest risk management pools serving public education agencies in California, has partnered with Raptor Technologies® to expand access to PublicSchoolWORKS™ Staff Compliance Training—now available to SISC I and II member districts at no additional charge through SISC’s partnership with Raptor—helping districts simplify training and better manage compliance requirements. School districts often...

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As states across the country legislate nutritional guidelines, Aramark Student Nutrition today announced updated school menus for the 2026–2027 school year, marking a natural next step in the company's longstanding approach to nutrition quality, ingredient transparency, and regulatory readiness. The new menus take decisive action to ensure consistency and compliance while reducing complexity for school districts. "In 2025 alone, feedback from nearly 90,000 student...

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BLOCS, the state of Pennsylvania's leading provider of scholarships for PreK-12th grade students, today announced early results from the Economically Disadvantaged Schools (EDS) Program report. Initial data shows BLOCS will increase scholarships to more than 40,000 up from 33,000 last year. This broad base of impact is significant – and is due to the structure of the program equally providing scholarship support to all qualifying students. To promote transparency,...