Early childhood education

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security this week ended a longstanding policy that had kept them out of schools.

The governor has proposed scaling back and delaying key parts of Maryland’s education reform plan.

Cooperative early learning programs bring parents a more affordable kindergarten prep option in exchange for their time.

“We will pause the elements that need a closer look or require laying a stronger foundation for full implementation,” Moore said of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.

School officials say the tool is closing learning gaps at record speed, even as literacy advocates raise concerns about screens.

Over a third of Maryland’s early educator families rely on public assistance.

Maryland is dead-set on getting more kids in pre-K — specifically in programs with highly skilled teachers and age-appropriate academic standards.

The state’s hotly debated literacy policy calls for holding struggling readers back, with some exceptions.

Teachers are suddenly without the extra income they’ve come to rely on. Their employers are scrambling to cover the difference, with tuition hikes on the table.

Opioids have devastated not just individuals in the rural Cecil County, but impacted children so heavily that officials are now treating addiction as a family affair.

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Here’s where Maryland pre-kindergarten stands, by the numbers.

Parents in the Baltimore area encourage each other to consider “red shirting,” or delaying kindergarten for one year. Here’s how it works.

ParentChild+ will send early learning specialists into 30 toddlers’ homes and day care locations twice a week, bearing educational gifts and guidance for caregivers.

Free pre-K is on the table for every 4-year-old in Baltimore City.

Rising enrollment in Medicaid and the Child Care Scholarship Program led Gov. Wes Moore to propose budget cuts in order to keep those programs funded.

The proposed charter amendment, if approved, would provide one-time payments of at least $1,000 to parents upon the birth or adoption of a child.

If voters decide the city of Baltimore should give new parents $1,000 of unconditional cash, this is how the program could be funded and implemented.

In the chaos, some families are left scrambling to find affordable child care.

The number of children in Maryland who need child care exceeds the number of slots available in child care facilities.