Welcome to today’s online chat about the behavior and discipline of prekindergarten children. This is a hot topic in education circles and one with implications that go far beyond the preschool years.

New data showing that thousands of children—including a disproportionate number of boys and black children—are suspended from school before reaching kindergarten have researchers and policymakers ...

Washington, D.C. — A new report released today by the Center for American Progress and the National Black Child Development Institute details the lasting harm of preschool suspension and expulsions, ...

A Northwestern study found preschool teachers react more negatively toward Black students’ actions than to those of their white peers, which is why Black preschoolers are three times more likely to be ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Black students are more likely to be suspended from U.S. public schools -- even as tiny preschoolers. The racial disparities in American education, from access to high-level classes ...

July 31, 2025 - An Oakland woman adopted a class of first graders and promised to pay for their college educations if they graduated from high school. It could soon get a lot harder to find out how ...

This article was originally published in EducationNC. For the past year, two organizations — EPiC (Empowered Parents in Community) and we are (working to extend anti-racist education) — have been part ...

Throwing a tantrum, crying inconsolably, hitting or biting, and refusing to follow the rules are challenging behaviors that many preschoolers experience on the playground and in the classroom. For ...

It could soon get a lot harder to find out how many preschoolers were suspended more than once in California or how many children of different racial and ethnic groups have access to preschool. In the ...