The Latest Breaking News from Early Childhood Education

More than one million Australian families will soon get cheaper child care, with extra money also set aside to hire more early educators. The Albanese

The activity test, which reduces payments when one parent works less than 15 hours a week, would cost $1.3bn to abolishGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast

Pressure on working parents has been building for a long time, with daycare costs increasing as places become more scarce. Two recent reports clearly illustrate the dysfunctional nature of England’s system of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC).

Education union and ministry are also hot on Rainbow Corner, owner of home-based care operation Porse.

About 100 early childhood experts are meeting in Canberra today for a national summit on children who are five and under.

As people across Canada begin to understand the implications of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care program, public conversations often centre on the economic benefits of getting children back into quality child care, and their parents or guardians back into a robust Canadian economy.

The government has asked the Productivity Commission to look at how to make early childhood education more affordable and available.

CHICAGO — In his second inaugural address in January, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker promised to “make preschool available to every family throughout the state” — a feat that will require solutions to staffing shortfalls, school capacity limitations and an increase to the state’s nearly $600 million early childhood education block…

A new federal government review shows just how critical the emotional and educational experiences of early childhood education are for children's futures.