Children who attended Tennessee’s state-funded voluntary pre-kindergarten program during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years were doing worse than their peers by the end of sixth grade in academic ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

It’s the time of year when parents of young children are nervously refreshing their email inboxes to see if their child received a prized slot in Georgia’s pre-kindergarten program. Atlanta Public ...

An additional 26 New Jersey school districts will get funding to expand access to public pre-K programs, state officials announced Wednesday. The nearly $25 million in preschool expansion aid funding ...

l to charge tuition for pre-kindergarteners underscores a broader dilemma: As demand for pre-K mounts, inadequate funding makes it increasingly difficult for public schools to offer the early ...