Editor’s note: We are now offering an audio version of our Sunday features. To access, click on the player above. This story has been updated. When Vanessa Hawke’s kids were little, she enrolled them ...
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 ...
It’s been a little over a year since Tram Gonzalez opened Color Wings Preschool in her home in Portland, Oregon. Of the 15 children enrolled in her program, 10 attend for free, covered in full by ...
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - Enrollment for year three of Colorado's Universal Pre-K (UPK) program is now underway. However, after the program's launch for 2023-2024 was considered shaky by many, ...
As universal pre-kindergarten grows in popularity, more states and cities are trying to determine policies that develop the educator workforce and ensure all age-eligible children have access. To that ...
Children who attend school-based sites in Georgia’s universal pre-K program start kindergarten better prepared than their peers who do not attend any Georgia pre-K, according to a new study from the ...
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 ...
When Wendy Lundeen began teaching transitional kindergarten over a dozen years ago, it was seen as an unconventional option to help prepare children to one day enter elementary school. Fast forward 13 ...