Early Learning

MOORE, Okla. -- In the middle-class neighborhood of brick and frame homes known locally as South Moore Addition, there was no discernible pattern to the destruction inflicted by a tornado that killed at least 24 people. Some residents stood in a...

Two special-needs care facility developments, one for minority senior citizens and another for those with memory problems, are moving forward in Arlington Heights. The village board gave preliminary support at its recent meeting to an adult day care...

Q: Our son's fifth birthday is in August. He did just fine, socially and academically, in preschool, but the counselor at the school he's slated to attend has recommended that we hold him back a year because of his late birthday. She says that kids with...

Two Houston County elementary schools will have new principals next school year. The Houston County Board of Education appointed Janet Sorrell as principal of Parkwood Elementary School and Amanda Brantley as principal of Linwood Elementary School. An...

Most children who came to kindergarten in Columbus schools without knowing the ABCs, which way to hold a book or other important early-reading skills remained behind when they reached third grade. Two out of 3 of those children did not pass the third-...

The Ministry of Education will adopt new syllabus for kindergarten schools across the Kingdom. The new curricula will be implemented starting the next new academic year. It will contain the important values of life, and other basic skills of learning...

EARLY-learning programs offer a cost-effective way to prepare young learners for success in school and in life. Preschool is a benefit that trickles up. Research shows high-quality preschool saves school districts about $3,700 per child over the K-12...

Former Congressman Bob Etheridge asked community leaders, educators and parents to work together to stop the "systematic dismantlement of public education." Etheridge led a rally in support of public education Friday afternoon near Walker-Spivey...

Middlecreek COB The Rev. Linda Stoner will share the message “Look Up and Live” as the Middlecreek Church of the Brethren celebrates Pentecost Sunday. The Rev. John Stoner will serve as worship leader. The church is at 226 Middlecreek Road,...

An Apopka day-care worker was arrested Thursday after investigators said she slapped a 2-year-old hard enough to leave finger marks and the beginnings of a black eye. Jacqueline Clemente, 33, was arrested on charges of child abuse, child neglect and...

As he traveled through Baltimore to promote his jobs agenda on Friday, President Barack Obama found himself sitting near a 29-year-old man who was uncertain how to reset his life after being released from prison two years ago. In one of the few...

Kids sat in clusters before circle time in classroom 12. They huddled two- and three-deep on beanbag chairs, sat cross-legged on the floor, and sprawled across a rug. Teacher Laura Rieg, in the middle of it all, turned to Uriah Myers, a boy on the...