early childhood education

More than a dozen child care centers across the state closed for at least part of the day Tuesday so educators and families could protest proposed cuts to childcare stipends.

The progressive leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy estimates that the $30 million cut proposed by governor Janet Mills will reduce the average earnings for nearly 7,500 child care workers by $4,000 over two years.

Slightly more than half of four-year-old children in Maine are enrolled in public pre-kindergarten this year. A new legislative panel is considering how those programs could be made over the next few years.

The legislature's Education Committee Wednesday approved a tentative contract for an outside group to review the state's early childhood special education…

AUGUSTA, Maine - In Augusta, there's disagreement between advocates and the LePage administration over how to go about expanding early childhood education…