A report released this month found Houston children attending pre-kindergarten are over 20% more likely to be ready for early elementary school and less likely to be chronically absent. The studies, ...

With clipboards on hips and iPads in hand, three women treated a residential Houston street as their own strategic war room. "Where else do we have blue dots around this school that we think are going ...

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 ...

Congress has been considering changes that would significantly alter early childhood education in Texas by giving all 3- and 4-year-olds access to free pre-kindergarten. The program is part of a Biden ...

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 ...

First lady Jill Biden looks on as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin holds a dinosaur while 4-year-old Amadeus Pham "feeds" L and M letters to the creature during an alphabet exercise at Maxwell ...

The Beshear-Coleman administration in Kentucky has prioritized public education funding and teacher support. Kentucky voters rejected charter schools and voucher programs in 2024, affirming support ...

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In an announcement made Tuesday, June 3, IPS said they will start charging for pre-K in the 2025-26 school year. IPS was able to offer pre-K for free through a combination of state funded On My Way ...

Mr. Kirp is a professor at the graduate school of the University of California, Berkeley, and the author, most recently, of “The College Dropout Scandal.” The Build Back Better plan, President Biden’s ...