A ballyhooed expansion of preschool special education programs that relies on pandemic aid could be in jeopardy if officials do not find another way to fund it, advocates warn. Expanded programs for 3 ...

New Jersey is providing nearly $20 million to expand preschool classes in 18 school districts, with the largest share going to Evesham Township School District. This school is to receive $3.2 million ...

Pre-K programs experienced their biggest boost ever in state funding and enrollment last school year, although the quality of the programs remains uneven, a new study concludes. There are about 1.7 ...

NEW YORK – Megan Sewell is caught in a dilemma. Without a job, she can’t afford day care. But without day care, she can’t find a job. “Bring the kid to the interview? That’s not reality,” Sewell said ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The rollout of universal preschool in Colorado for 38,000 kids has understandably been rocky. But the great success of the program – providing funding for 15 ...

Many welfare programs give greater benefits to unmarried individuals than to a married couple of otherwise identical income. The resulting marriage penalty discourages marriage and rewards single ...

Alexander Supinski, 5, cleans copper coins with lemon as part of a project at the Menlo-Atherton Cooperative Nursery School on Feb. 12, 2024. Photo by Natalia Nazarova. At Menlo-Atherton Cooperative ...

State-based preschool programs suffered big drops in enrollment and state funding in the teeth of the pandemic, according to an annual review by the National Institute for Early Education Research ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Chicago Public Schools officials are hoping to get the word out about their district-wide preschool programs as the new school year approaches. CPS still has 4,000 open seats for ...