As early childhood researchers, we’ve spent our careers steeped in an enormous body of work that documents the long-term positive impacts of quality early care and education on the lives of those ...

Today, New York City’s 1.1 million public-school students return to their classrooms—or, in the case of about seventy thousand four-year-olds enrolled in the city’s pre-K program, go to their ...

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Corpus Christi Independent School District is seeing high growth in pre-K enrollment — and with that, increased readiness in reading and math. RELATED: From Doorsteps to ...

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Officials in the Dallas Independent School District are floating a plan to offer tuition-free pre-K to all 3- and 4-year-olds. Dallas ISD currently offers free pre-K to students who qualify under ...

While research shows early childhood education can benefit students well into their academic careers, there isn’t a lot of information on how these educators in pre-kindergarten classrooms can best be ...

While the Tennessee pre-K study shows how important it is for early ed programs to evaluate their outcomes, some experts caution against using the study to draw conclusions about public pre-K ...

New data on Texas school vouchers suggests the $1 billion program could be an unexpected boon for pre-K and other early learning programs. The boost comes as other early learning measures have stalled ...