On a Wednesday morning at Pre-K 4 SA’s South Education Center in April, Giselle Salazar and her friends stirred mud and wood chips inside bowls, then poured the mixture over a rock in a dry creek bed.

Georgia’s pre-K program was recently lauded as being one of the best and most far-reaching in the nation. One thing it’s missing: 3-year-olds. The state-funded preschool program has been around for 34 ...

Six Flags Great America in north suburban Gurnee is about to kick off its 50th anniversary season, and some kids will have an opportunity to visit the park an unlimited number of times for free this ...

Georgia's Pre-K program met all 10 national quality standards. It is the first and largest universal program to hit every benchmark. State leaders say new funding led to smaller classes and teacher ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island is now accepting applications for its state-funded pre-kindergarten program for the 2026-27 school year. The Rhode Island Department of Education announced the ...

Starting next school year, every 3- and 4-year-old in Dallas ISD will be able to enroll in pre-K tuition-free. The district's board adopted a new universal free pre-K plan at a board meeting Thursday.

There's a lot to like about a proposal under consideration in Dallas ISD to offer free, full-day pre-kindergarten to all 3- and 4-year-olds in the district. High-quality early childhood education ...

When Mariel Posner’s daughter was born three years ago, the New York City pre-K teacher faced a difficult decision: devote nearly half her salary to child care, as she’d done with her older son, or ...

Even casual observers of the early childhood space likely noticed the massive push for expanding access to care and education programs over the last year, most notably with universal preschool options ...

Houston ISD plans to open its pre-K application for the 2026-27 school year on Wednesday, allowing families to apply to nearly 160 of the district’s early childhood education programs. The district’s ...

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KinderCare today announced that registration for public pre-kindergarten programs is open for participating KinderCare Learning Centers nationwide. “Public pre-K ...