P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, a publicly funded K-12 school governed by the University of Florida, will open a pilot pre-K program this fall. The pre-kindergarten program, referred to as ...

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education and Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners held a joint meeting, on Monday to discuss priorities and budget forecasts. They also talked about ...

A new study suggests universal pre-K programs could increase parents' earnings. Researchers found that those who enrolled their kids in free pre-K made about 21% more Universal pre-K programs have ...

For decades, Florida faced criticism for judging the quality of its pre-K program on a “readiness” test given to young students after they started kindergarten. It was a system, critics argued, that ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City has opened applications for free, all-day pre-K and 3-K for the 2025-2026 school year. The programs, which provide free, full-day care and education, are part of a ...

IPS says it needs to charge for pre-K to keep the programs operating after COVID money dries up and the state budget failed to boost child care spending to close the gap IPS will implement a sliding ...

Starting in September, 80 primary schools around the world operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity will have universal pre-K for 4-year-olds. Shown here, pre-K students play at M.C.

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 ...

When Wendy Lundeen began teaching transitional kindergarten over a dozen years ago, it was seen as an unconventional option to help prepare children to one day enter elementary school. Fast forward 13 ...

When Tanya Gillespie-Lambert goes to an event in a local park in Camden, New Jersey, she takes a handful of brochures about free preschool with her. She has no hesitation about approaching strangers — ...

Editor’s note: We are now offering an audio version of our Sunday features. To access, click on the player above. This story has been updated. When Vanessa Hawke’s kids were little, she enrolled them ...

A little more than a decade ago, Bill de Blasio, then the New York City public advocate preparing a run for mayor, sat at a window table in Bar Toto in Park Slope with his policy adviser Ursulina ...