Some teachers are making the switch from private preschools to transitional kindergarten. Others come from upper grades. Many ...

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Caught off guard by an infusion of universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) funding in the 2021-22 state budget, local school districts are scrambling to find suitable locations to house classrooms for 4-year ...

Yelena Hagooli has done everything possible to give her 4-year-old son the best start in life. She took him to the library every week, fed him the healthiest foods, left her job to care for him, and ...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - Two U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii (USAG-HI) Child Development Centers (CDC) have been helping children transition from preschool to kindergarten through an Army pilot program ...

BRATTLEBORO — With a new law set to expand access to early childhood education in Vermont and a recognition that more services are needed in Brattleboro, local school officials are preparing to add ...

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Alabama legislators used to have sticker shock when faced with the cost of high-quality pre-kindergarten education. Now, they understand that those investments pay off because, as economists estimate, ...

Hawaiʻi Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, who leads the state’s Ready Keiki initiative, recently visited East Hawaiʻi Island’s three ...

Mississippi Invests in Two Pre-Kindergarten Programs to Help Prepare Kids for School PETAL, Miss. (AP) — Preschoolers kneel on a kaleidoscope rug, their clumsy hands reaching for wooden blocks, little ...