The Children’s School is now part of Northeastern University!

Located on 135 lush acres in Oakland, California, in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area, the Children’s School has been a model for excellence in child-centered education for over 95 years. The Children’s School serves children in four developmentally-appropriate programs: Toddler, Preschool, Transitional Kindergarten, and K-5 Elementary.

Our Programs

Mills College Children’s School at Northeastern University is a special place. A place where teaching and learning are respected, documented, and celebrated. A place that holds relationship-based, social learning, and constructivism at the core. A place that values diversity with respect to race, language, religion, and cultures of the families in our community. A place where children develop their own voices and learn that they make a difference in the world. A place where this model of education starts in our Toddler classroom and carries all the way through Fifth Grade. Here, our students are teachers just as our teachers are learners.

The Mills College Children’s School will be closing at the end of the school year. The last day of operation will be June 30, 2026.

If you have any questions about the closure, or if you are a current or former student or family who needs academic records, please contact the Mills College Dean’s office at mills_college@northeastern.edu.

We thank you for being part of our community and for joining us in honoring one hundred years of learning, growth, and memories.