A teacher reads to a group of children at the Carrie Murray Nature Center Forest Preschool in Baltimore. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education.

Language skills are strong predictors of academic, socioemotional and behavioral outcomes when children enter school. They learn language in preschool years by interacting with others, especially ...

The joys and struggles of the toddler years may be behind you, but they’ve been replaced by a fresh set of challenges. Your child can now speak, yet truly connecting through conversation can still be ...