This article originally appeared on NextCity. It was reported in collaboration with the Philadelphia Public School Notebook, an independent, nonprofit news service that serves as an information source ...

Editor's note: This article was updated to include clarification from the Department of Early Care and Learning's interpretation of the term "universal childcare" as provided by its Chief ...

While research shows early childhood education can benefit students well into their academic careers, there isn’t a lot of information on how these educators in pre-kindergarten classrooms can best be ...