Early Childhood Education: Issues in Coverage

Ed Zigler was on the White House panel that led to the creation of Head Start, and then served as the first director of what is now the Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Now a professor at Yale and a prolific writer and researcher, Zigler continues to influence the field of early learning and development. Hechinger Director interviewed Zigler for the Early Stories blog. Read the interview.

An Analysis of U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Early Childhood Education, by reasearchers at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland-College Park. The Hechinger Institute commissioned this analysis of how journalists cover the rapidly growing pre-kindergarten movement in the United States, with a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Obstacles To Covering Pre-K: Getting Your Editors To Care. An article by Hechinger Associate Director, Liz Willen, on covering Pre-K programs as a beat reporter.