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 ...

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Every 4-year-old in California can now go to school for free in their local districts. The new grade is called transitional kindergarten — or TK — and it's part of the state’s effort to expand ...

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 ...

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, ...