The Conversation

Despite improvements to early education, more children are starting school developmentally behind. What’s going on?

So far, 2025 has been a horror year for early education and care. Much of the recent media and political coverage about childcare has focused on safety. This is understandable, given the numerous, ...
World Bank

Investments in Children’s Early Years: Creating Brighter Futures

Investing in early childhood development (ECD), preprimary school education, childcare, teacher training, maternal health, and nutrition improves future learning outcomes and lifetime human capital.
Nature

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early childhood development assessed with the Denver II developmental screening test in a single center

Early childhood is a sensitive and dynamic period during which foundational developmental domains—cognitive, motor, language, and social-emotional—undergo rapid transformation. These trajectories are ...