A first-of-its-kind national trial shows that public Montessori preschool students enter kindergarten with stronger reading, ...

In a century-old brick building here in the capital city’s northwest corner, 3- and 4-year-olds are taught in “studios” by an architect, an author, a choreographer, a filmmaker, and an array of ...

Quality child care and development facilities are good for the community and good for business. A preschool program follows the same basic license and permit laws as child care facilities. Start with ...

Free universal preschool is finally arriving in states like California, thanks to ballooning budget surpluses. But for child cares already dealing with staffing shortages, the timing couldn’t be worse ...

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As pressure to raise scores on standardized tests has trickled down to the lower grades, kindergarten and even pre-kindergarten classrooms have focused more on academic skills. But debating whether a ...

State-based preschool programs suffered big drops in enrollment and state funding in the teeth of the pandemic, according to an annual review by the National Institute for Early Education Research ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado parents with young children can sign up for the state’s new universal preschool program starting Tuesday. Universal Preschool Colorado, which begins ...