Preschool & Early Education News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Horace Mann Educators Corporation congratulates the educators named West Virginia's 2027 state honorees at the Champions of Learning Gala on Sept. 8 in Charleston. Founded by Educators for Educators®, Horace Mann believes recognizing exceptional educators is one way to support the people who invest in their students, schools and communities. Through its sponsorship, Horace Mann provided awards totaling $9,500 to the four honorees. Horace Mann presented the fo...

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dollar General Literacy Foundation Awards More Than $4.1 Million in Youth Literacy Grants...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nex, maker of Nex Playground, the viral-hit active play system that gets families moving together, today launched Dude Perfect Trickshot Challenge™, an all-new motion-controlled game created in collaboration with Dude Perfect, the leading creator-led entertainment company behind some of the internet’s most iconic trick shots. Designed exclusively for Nex Playground, the game brings the Dudes’ signature mix of sports, competition, and over-the-top challenges into...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Imagine Early Learning Centers, the nation’s only multi-site, 100% employee-owned early childhood education company, announced the opening of The Little Apple, a free child care center for municipal employees and their families, in partnership with the City of New York and the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS). A Child Care Model That Invests in the People Providing the Care At The Little Apple, educators welcoming children are not simply employees...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pathlight Learning (“Pathlight”), a leading franchisee of Primrose Schools® (“Primrose”) and a portfolio company of Taurus Capital Partners (“Taurus”), today announced the acquisition of four Primrose schools in Omaha, Nebraska. The company also announced an 11-school development agreement with Primrose, under which Pathlight will build and open new schools across several markets in the coming years, expanding access to high-quality early education and care and helping...

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--McGraw Hill K-12 math programs have been approved by the Florida Department of Education through the state's instructional materials adoption process....

DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walton County School District celebrates districtwide success in their efforts to teach foundational reading skills, in part because of Reading Eggs....

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--McGraw Hill announced the acquisition of Teachally, expanding the company's educator-first AI solutions with tools that simplify content creation....

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bright Horizons joins Workday Wellness to simplify access to family care and education benefits and give employers clearer utilization insights....

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ginger Labs, Inc., the developer behind Notability, the award-winning note-taking app, today introduced a new feature that automatically captures and turns every note into a recording and organizes those notes around the user's calendar. The capability is available today on Windows and Mac desktops, and is designed to optimize performance for each platform. Tablet and phone releases will follow at a later date. Building on Notability’s more than 10 years of build...