Campaigning for the presidency in 2008, Barack Obama pledged to help states implement taxpayer-funded universal preschool--preschool for all.[1] The President's early education plan, for which he has ...

The push to expand pre-kindergarten programs is on. Last school year, public pre-K programs received their biggest-ever boost in state funding. Enrollment in state pre-K programs nationwide increased ...

ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — There are more affordable options for high-quality preschool in our area. This fall, Concord Community Schools will offer full day preschool classes in each of its four ...

Many California parents are opting out of kindergarten this year, due to concerns about whether distance learning or attending school for the first time with strangers in masks will be good for ...

Children who attend preschool enter kindergarten with greater skills than those who don't, but that advantage is nearly halved by the end of the year as their counterparts quickly begin to catch up, ...

INDIANA (WSBT) — There is growing acceptance that quality preschool has long-term impacts well into elementary school. At the very least, Pre-K gives kids a head start before Kindergarten. Now, ...

JACKSON, Miss. — LeMya Vaughn, wearing a pink shirt, her hair braided neatly, sat in a large red armchair, her feet swinging far above the floor, practicing her reading skills. She leaned in toward ...

Early-childhood advocates have been concerned for some time that the academic expectations of elementary school are filtering down to kindergarten. Now, there’s a bit of pressure from the other ...

A bill to require instruction based in play has passed the Iowa House unanimously.

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, who leads Ready Keiki, visited the newest public pre-kindergarten classroom at Mākaha Elementary School ...

Little Pathfinders, a new Ramona preschool, has opened at the site of the Thomsen Learning Center preschool, which was closed by the state last summer. Little Pathfinders is owned by Sandra Reyes, who ...