Final rules for Texas’ private school voucher program recently clarified that families interested in sending their children to private pre-K could receive an estimated $10,800 per year, the same ...

The 4-year-olds who will launch Mecklenburg County’s new public prekindergarten program this month have no idea how much is riding on them. County commissioners have put up $9 million to provide free ...

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 ...

Since Frock Childcare Learning Center began offering a free pre-K program, the center has served a “broader range” of local children and families, Frock teacher Lauren Markiewicz said. Two years ago, ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alabama’s nationally recognized pre-K program is once again expanding, according to Gov. Kay Ivey’s office and the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education. The ...

It’s been five years since Philadelphia expanded its pre-K program, funded by a controversial tax on sweetened beverages. Why has it fallen short? Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney sits in on a preschool ...

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