BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Children across the sunshine state and beyond are getting ready to take their education to the next level. Members of the Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida ...

Five-year-old Marlaina Paulding likes playing in the tents in her VPK classroom at Felix A. Williams Elementary School in Martin County. She likes learning the alphabet and numbers, and the Spanish ...

VPK is an optional state program funded by the Florida Department of Education.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - During Dr. Seuss’s Week, excitement filled the air at the Washington County VPK center! On Wednesday, the students got a special visit from Florida’s Chancellor for ...

It was roughly three weeks ago when the founder and owner of Brownsville Preparatory Institute learned the state would not allow virtual or distance learning for children enrolled in the state's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JACKSON, FL. (WMBB) – Children in the Chipley Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten program received a visit from a special guest this ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Many parents have made the tough decision to either keep their kids at home or send them back into the classroom. But for some of the youngest students in our area, there will soon ...

The practice round was rough. When Florida implemented a new Kindergarten Readiness test last fall — designed to determine if the state's thousands of Voluntary PreKindergarten (VPK) programs were ...

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Two leading forces in early childhood education, the Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring early care and education for ...

Florida's first voluntary prekindergarten program began in 2005. The program is free for all 4-year-olds. School-readiness test scores show VPK prepares children for school. This story was updated to ...