In her new education budget announced earlier this month, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer allocated $159 million to expand pre-K in the Mitten State. Though her pre-K education program has worked so far, her ...

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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 ...

Sandra Dill, taking time with the children to complete interactive brain puzzles to keep the children's mind sharp at Sandra K Dill Family Child Care in New Haven. Credit: Tabius McCoy / CT Mirror ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s announcement during Wednesday’s State of the State address that she was proposing free preschool for all 4-year-olds was cause for celebration for many parents and early ...