Early Learning

The PACE Early Childhood Education Center on Aldama Street in Los Angeles is starting a brand new school garden with the help of a $1,000 garden grant from Western Growers Foundation. The school garden grants are awarded through a competitive grant...

Gayle Anderson was live in Santa Ana to visit the "DORA & DIEGO" exhibit at the Discovery Science Center (DSC), Orange County's leading destination for hands-on science fun. Dora and Diego: Let's Explore!, features characters Dora and Diego from...

Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com May 21, 2012 Q: My school-age children have been sick with colds lately and, because of conflicting information in the news, I'm still unsure about which over-the-counter...

A woman recently convicted of killing a toddler at a Lincolnshire day care center has requested a new trial, arguing that she falsely confessed to …...

Western Growers Foundation, with the California departments of Education and Food and Agriculture, will offer $1,000 grants for state preschool and childcare centers for students to grow gardens....

TALLAHASSEE — Happy Friday to everyone. We're sure you want to get going on any weekend plans, so we'll get to the top five stories of the day without dragging this out. * The Orlando Sentinel reports that an audit of Florida's early learning...

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Florida's early learning office was the subject of a harsh audit recently, and now some lawmakers want to overhaul the state system that administers subsidized childcare and the state's pre-K program. The proposed changes — including one passed by...

Chere Cofer and Marcell Vernon will be ringing in the New Year at a hotel party, with the comfort of knowing their two kids are just upstairs. “It was really unique and it was interesting, because we had tried a couple other locations off site, but...

Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much these days. But there is one thing on which they do see eye to eye: the value of early childhood education.  Once an afterthought of America’s education system, early learning now is front and...

This is the fifth in a series on what the state should do in 2012. Connecticut failed — in spectacular fashion — in three attempts over the past two years to qualify for millions of dollars in "Race to the Top" federal education money for...

Firefighters in Luzerne County battled both flames and frigid temperatures early Wednesday morning when fire broke out in a vacant apartment complex and threatened a day care center. The fire started just about a half hour before the day care center on...