Most are women of color, and almost all have had previous experience teaching at preschool or child-care centers. For those who already have a bachelor’s degree, earning this credential is the ...

Lea Austin, executive director of the CSCCE, argues that the separate pathways are inequitable for early educators, the majority of whom are women of color. A preschool teacher earns on average $ ...

A teacher’s “Welcome to Kindergarten” song is helping to reduce first-day-of-school anxieties for many children this year. Dwayne Reed, a dean of students at a Chicago elementary school ...