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On April 21, Gov. Kay Ivey forced a top state official to resign. Ivey said Barbara Cooper’s Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education was distributing teacher training materials that included ...

As a technology-loving kindergarten teacher, I frequently ask myself, “Is this lesson developmentally appropriate?” If it’s not, how can I use technology to make the lesson accessible to all students ...

Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) impose stressors on development. Comparative studies have focused mostly on the units’ medical qualities and less on their developmental ‘ecology’. The aim of the ...

Recognizing that early childhood education in the United States has been influenced deeply by notions of developmentally appropriate practice, this critical conceptual analysis of early education ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced she replaced her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book, written by a nationally recognized ...

What nutrition information are you teaching—intentionally or unintentionally? If children are going to eat a well-balanced diet and make wise food choices independently, what you do every day in your ...