NPR

These teachers often live in poverty. A pay raise could help — but there's a cost

Sitting at a blueberry blue table in a Head Start classroom in Pullman, Mich., about an hour south of Grand Rapids, preschool teacher Julie Beck helps a little girl draw a rainbow with crayons. Nearby ...
EdSource

Finding the ideal TK teacher: A challenge of credentials and preschool experience

When Zulya Nuñez moved from teaching in preschool to a transitional kindergarten classroom, she was shocked at the differences. This story is part of a special series on transitional kindergarten in ...
Daily Reporter

FAST TRACK: Apprentice program jumpstarts preschool teaching careers

Staff members at Greenfield-Central’s Cougar Cubs preschool chat with young learners in this photo from November. The Greenfield-Central school district will soon offer an apprenticeship program to ...
The Hechinger Report

State preschool program helps kids catch up — but many are missing out

In Union City, N.J., children at Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center for Early Childhood Education sit with their teacher for a read-along. The full-day preschool, which operates during the school year, is ...
The Daily Tar Heel

Early childhood educators reflect on preschool teacher pay, recruitment

A child’s first moments are the most important for brain development — with about 90 percent of brain growth happening before a child turns five, Theresa Roedersheimer, executive director of the North ...
LAist

California needs thousands of teachers for its preschool program. Here's what it's like to be one

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