Parenting & Education

President Obama’s plan for universal preschool is as ambitious and crucial as his healthcare reform commitment, maybe more so. C...

James J. Heckman is the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. He shared the ...

President Obama visited a preschool here Thursday to tout early education for all 4-year-olds from low- and modest-income famili...

It sounds great. But can the president’s plan survive contact with the real world?

I said in my last post that the president w...

Encouragement and praise can come in many forms, and some ways are better for child development than others.

Researchers at th...

If you started piano lessons in grade one, or played the recorder in kindergarten, thank your parents and teachers, as researche...