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 ...

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As universal pre-kindergarten grows in popularity, more states and cities are trying to determine policies that develop the educator workforce and ensure all age-eligible children have access. To that ...

It’s been a little over a year since Tram Gonzalez opened Color Wings Preschool in her home in Portland, Oregon. Of the 15 children enrolled in her program, 10 attend for free, covered in full by ...

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - Enrollment for year three of Colorado's Universal Pre-K (UPK) program is now underway. However, after the program's launch for 2023-2024 was considered shaky by many, ...

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 ...

Houston ISD opened its pre-K application for the 2025-2026 school year Wednesday, allowing families to apply for nearly 160 of the district’s early childhood education programs. The district’s pre-K ...

Children who attend school-based sites in Georgia’s universal pre-K program start kindergarten better prepared than their peers who do not attend any Georgia pre-K, according to a new study from the ...

When Vanessa Hawke’s kids were little, she enrolled them in a pre-K program in Southington where teachers used sensory learning tables, toys, circle time and art projects to promote cognitive ...