Where can some of Chicago’s youngest students be exposed to French and Spanish, a Juilliard fine arts program and MIT-influenced science lessons all while getting a jump on potty training and an ...

The push to expand pre-kindergarten programs is on. Last school year, public pre-K programs received their biggest-ever boost in state funding. Enrollment in state pre-K programs nationwide increased ...

The early years are critical to children's development, and as that awareness has grown, so has interest in preschool. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than two-thirds of U.S. 4-year-olds were ...

First lady Jill Biden looks on as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin holds a dinosaur while 4-year-old Amadeus Pham "feeds" L and M letters to the creature during an alphabet exercise at Maxwell ...

Wake County officials unveiled a plan Wednesday to expand tuition-free pre-kindergarten offerings to thousands of 3-year-olds living within 200% of the poverty line. Right now, that would be about ...

Multiple studies show that going to preschool gives young children a leg up on all kinds of learning, not just academics but social skills, listening, planning and self-control. But how big is that ...

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