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Items about early childhood, from the Field tags described on our Method page. Field tags come from keyword rules applied to each item's title and abstract. Source: Field tag definitions.

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4 tracked items

Level 1: Descriptive or exploratory: 1 Commentary: 2 Not yet classified: 1

Level 1: Descriptive or exploratoryProvisional (rules only)

School District Superintendents’ Leadership of Early Childhood Education: A National Survey (opens in new tab)

2026-09-02 · American Educational Research Journal (SAGE) · Study

Early education programs are increasingly under the purview of public school districts. This study analyzes a nationally distributed survey of superintendents (N= 404) from the National Longitudinal Superintendent Database to examine (a) superintendent ...

Field: School leadershipField: Early childhood
Why this label for School District Superintendents’ Leadership of Early Childhood Education: A Nati
  • Level 1: Descriptive or exploratory: provisional rules-only grade, pending grader consensus and review: R5 design: descriptive (F3): Descriptive, qualitative, pilot or deployment study with real participants.

Provisional label from fixed rules applied to the collected text; research items are re-graded by our review pipeline. Method

CommentaryStudy type: Not a study

NYC Banned AI in Schools. That Won’t Work. (opens in new tab)

2026-09-24 · EdTech Digest · News

The nation’s broadest restriction may buy educators time - but only teacher literacy can provide a durable path forward. GUEST COLUMN | by Sohan Choudhury On September 2, Mayor Mamdani announced a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI in New York City public schools, covering pre-K through eighth grade.

Reading and writingField: LiteracyField: Early childhood
Why this label for NYC Banned AI in Schools. That Won’t Work.
  • Commentary: news, commentary or policy with no study
  • Reading and writing: matched 'literacy'

Provisional label from fixed rules applied to the collected text; research items are re-graded by our review pipeline. Method

CommentaryStudy type: Not a study

AI Videos Are Warping Early Learning, Teachers Say (opens in new tab)

2026-09-08 · EdSurge · News

The rise of so-called “baby slop” is turning early childhood educators into media critics.

Field: Early childhood
Why this label for AI Videos Are Warping Early Learning, Teachers Say
  • Commentary: news, commentary or policy with no study

Provisional label from fixed rules applied to the collected text; research items are re-graded by our review pipeline. Method

Not yet classified

CT talk: Teacher talk as a resource for computational thinking in early childhood programming (opens in new tab)

Listed for the December 2026 issue · Teaching and Teacher Education (Elsevier) · Study

Publisher listing (abstract not yet available): Journal article in Teaching and Teacher Education, Volume 184 by Kunning Zhang, Weipeng Yang, Xiao Zhang. Issue: December 2026. Abstract on the publisher page.

Field: Teacher preparation and PDField: Early childhood
Why this label for CT talk: Teacher talk as a resource for computational thinking in early childhoo
  • Not yet classified: publisher listing with no abstract yet

Provisional label from fixed rules applied to the collected text; research items are re-graded by our review pipeline. Method

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