The issue of screen time is a central subject of conversation in the digital era of today, when parents and educators ...

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"A child’s developmental health is our community’s economic health," writes Alignment Rockford's Jillisa Bondurant.

Most educators are likely familiar with the skills that comprise executive function, if not necessarily the name: emotional regulation, behavioral control, and cognitive flexibility. These skills are ...

Fifty years ago, Congress dramatically expanded schools’ responsibilities when it passed the nation’s primary special education law, requiring children with disabilities to receive a “free appropriate ...

There are many ways to measure a child care program's quality. Michigan's Great Start to Quality system is designed to navigate this question.

Beware: Novelty sunglasses without UV protection can put kids' developing eyes at greater risk of sun damage. Children wearing sunglasses is a good thing—if they are the right kind. According to ...

Around 1,000 people from different countries attended a conference hosted by the National Association for Family Child Care, ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...