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A new report, out today, provides 186 pages of answers to one of the toughest questions in education: What does it take to get preschool right?

Today, expectations of what early childhood educators should know and be able to do - and the education needed to access that knowledge and those skills - varies widely across states and individual programs.

The field of early childhood education has received significant public attention as the calls for universal pre-K and high-quality child care become prevalent.

The National Association of State Boards of Education recently published Stepping Up for Early Childhood Education exploring ways to revitalize state policymaker efforts ensuring all children have a strong start.

Last week, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released their highly anticipated report Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education.

Childhood is the time for children to learn how to get along with others. As caregivers, we play a crucial role in helping young children understand social behavior and form satisfying relationships.

Many new teachers find themselves overwhelmed during their first year in the classroom. So we asked Polly Greenberg, longtime ECT contributor and "Ask the Experts" columnist, to offer some advice to the teacher who wrote to us, saying she'd lost complete control of her classroom.

Because families are children's first teachers, and because many families hold strong cultural and religious perspectives about how their children should be cared for, clear communication that begins before the child joins the program is critical.