NSW Labor has promised to extend early childhood education funding to every three-year-old as part of its"historic"$500 million funding package if it wins the state election.
Perceptions of screen time are changing as more and more parents use devices as educational tools.
A new campaign to ensure every 3-year-old in NSW receives access to taxpayer funded early learning kicks off on Thursday.
Australia is one of only a few advanced nations not to pay for early learning for three-year-olds. It's time to catch up.
A widely held fallacy about reading - that all kids can learn to read by regularly being read to - is leading to a new form of parent-shaming
"Mums have those secret groups where they can share all sorts of stuff,but I don't think dads have something like that,"one dad said.
All three and four-year-olds would be able to receive 15 hours of subsidised preschool a week,if Labor wins the next election.
The NSW government introduced new planning rules to address demand for childcare centres. But not everyone is happy.
When you read past the spin,many three-year-olds have nothing to gain from an additional year of preschool.
Kindergartens and schools will be pushed skywards as less urban land becomes available,academics say.
Why is an economics writer getting so excited about preschools? Because I can’t think of any other single initiative more likely to benefit us socially and economically.