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 ...

Alabama legislators used to have sticker shock when faced with the cost of high-quality pre-kindergarten education. Now, they understand that those investments pay off because, as economists estimate, ...

Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program will add 69 classrooms in 30 counties this fall, according to an announcement made today by Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education.

Alabama’s state-funded pre-K program, which serves 44 percent of eligible 4-year-olds in the state, is considered to be one of the highest quality programs in the country. Credit: Bekah McNeel for The ...