The World Bank drives early childhood development globally through financing, policy, and partnerships to boost health, learning, and equity.

The preschool years present a critical developmental period sensitive to changes in public health and social policy, for which robust investments in programs that support families can improve ...

The building blocks for a successful and productive life are needed early on, when children’s brains and bodies begin to grow. Delays are hard to reverse. A solid body of evidence shows that young ...

Early childhood education is the time from when a child is born until they start kindergarten. Early childhood education includes not only teaching little ones how to walk and talk, but how to ...

While COVID has meaningfully impacted our K-12 and higher education systems in the U.S., the early years have arguably been even more challenged. Child care supply has been decimated and parents of ...

Researchers discovered that unusually high temperatures can hinder early childhood development. Children living in hotter conditions were less likely to reach key learning milestones, especially in ...

During this period, roughly covering ages 3 to 5, a child’s personality, interests, and social orientation begin to come into focus, but parents should keep in mind that personality traits, personal ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. ACF (Administration for Children and Families). 2006. Head Start performance measures ...