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Bezos Academy offers a Montessori-based, or hands on, education, and wrap around services for children from low-income families.

Laws introduced to parliament on Thursday will allow for parents to access six months of paid parental leave by 2026.

Literacy Is For Everyone (LIFE), a leading advocate for literacy and education, is proud to announce the donation of an incredible 80,000 books to the Cayman Is

Experts warn early learning centres may seek to capitalise on government’s scheme, which comes into effect from 1 July

A Malinauskas Government election promise to make preschool universally available to three-year-olds will cost $212.2 million each year once the program is fully rolled out by 2032, the Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care has found.

Childcare deserts proliferating across Victoria and the state government has promised to open 50 new sites. Experts and parents are asking if that’s enough. Mitchell Institute. Lorne-Anglesea, the Benalla region, Panton Hill-St Andrews, Rushworth and Yarriambiack

Recent polling shows 91 per cent of parents in regional areas believe childcare costs have risen over the past three years compared with 86 per cent of metropolitan respondents. The Minderoo Foundations ‘Thrive By Five’ initiative and its director, former South Australian premier Jay Weatherill is pushing to provide three years of free preschool for children across Australia.

Early education strike: 'I'm an early educator. This is why today's childcare and early education shutdowns were essential.'

If it’s hard to get your head around the business interests of Australia’s second-richest person, try getting a handle on the man himself. It ain’t easy, darl.

Explainer: Children in Victoria and NSW will have access to a year of play-based learning before they start school