Our friends from Sesame Street help us understand how to talk to children during a natural disaster. Take a listen. You’ll hear Elmo talk to a young fan on the phone.

New York City education officials are talking to parents this week about how to set pre-K students on the path to college. They are beginning a series of citywide information sessions on the issue for the first time.

As the Oct. 31 deadline for enrollment approaches, a number of free and subsidized spaces in preschool programs for 3- and 4-year-olds remain available, city officials said Monday.

A year after winning $700 million from the federal government’s Race to the Top challenge, New York State is competing for another $100 million, this time for improving early childhood education programs.