Preschool & Early Education News

MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NSTA announced the newly elected members of its Board of Directors and the individuals selected to serve on its Leadership Council....

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Crème School, a leading provider of premium early childhood education, today announced the opening of The Crème School of Great Park in Irvine, Calif., marking its first expansion into California and 16th state nationwide. Located in Irvine’s growing Great Park neighborhood, the new flagship school will serve nearly 200 children. It introduces Crème’s newest school design, the first of its kind, featuring modern learning environments, elevated family amen...

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (NYSE: KLC) (“KinderCare”), the nation’s leading provider of high-quality early childhood education and care, congratulates New York Governor Kathy Hochul and state legislators on their decision to invest $1.7 billion in the state’s early childhood education programs, ensuring that hundreds of thousands of children across New York have access to affordable, high-quality child care. The $1.7 billion will support affordable,...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Incident IQ, the leading workflow management platform built exclusively for K–12 school districts, today announced it has earned an array of 2026 Top Workplaces awards, including the 2026 USA TODAY Top Workplaces award, and marking the second consecutive year the company has earned Top Workplaces honors, which are based solely on employee feedback. This follows Incident IQ’s recent recognition on the GSV 150 list, which honors the top 150 public and private companies t...

MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Donna L. Governor, PhD, became NSTA’s 2026–2027 President on June 1, bringing decades of science education leadership experience....

PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nautic Partners, LLC announced that it closed the sale of portfolio company HES Facilities Management (“HES” or the “Company”) to GI Partners. Headquartered in Knoxville, TN, HES is one of the nation’s leading providers of janitorial, facilities management, and groundskeeping services to education institutions and commercial customers with a presence in more than 30 states. HES was founded in 2020 by Nautic Partners and management and scaled under the leadersh...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Soon, schools across the country let out for summer. For tens of millions of kids, that means significantly more time on phones, tablets, gaming consoles, and apps their parents may never have heard of. For most families, it also means heading into the season underprepared for what their kids are actually encountering online. Today, Stanford Social Media Lab, in collaboration with the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) and California Partners Project, released A...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EverDriven, the nation's leader in Alternative Student Transportation, today released findings from the State of Student Transportation: 2026/27 Budget Survey, conducted in partnership with School Transportation News. Drawn from nearly 200 transportation directors and district administrators surveyed across the United States in March 2026, the report reveals how school districts are optimizing spend with remarkable creativity — redesigning routes, embracing new technolo...

MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NSTA today announced that its Board of Directors has named Bob Lay as the association's CEO....

TULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At a moment when families, educators, and early childhood systems nationwide are facing growing strain, more than 300 leaders from across the country gathered this week in Tulsa for Catalyst 26: the Educare Network National Summit, a reimagined convening focused on advancing excellence, opportunity, and long-term outcomes for young children and families. Hosted by the Educare Network, the three-day Summit convened nationally recognized educators, researchers, prac...