The latest federal Civil Rights Data Collection reports a 12% rise in public pre-K enrollment and a 1% decline in K-12, with 2.5 million students suspended, over ...

More than 3 million children enrolled in pre-K–12 schools in the U.S. attend a school located within a quarter mile of a known environmental hazard site tracked by the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) and Michigan State University have released a report highlighting investments and expansions ...

ATLANTA (WJBF) – Georgia is being recognized for a major achievement in early childhood education, as the state’s Pre-K program becomes the largest in the nation to meet all 10 quality benchmarks set ...

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 ...

Does pre-K give kids a lasting academic boost? This question has plagued early education researchers for years, yielding widely mixed results. Some studies show decidedly positive outcomes, others ...

Yamileth Escalera, 4, tosses a red foam cube into a container full of water during a pre-K prep program at Castleberry Elementary School in Fort Worth on June 29, 2026. The students had to guess ...

Most district leaders believe pre-K is vital to prepare students for kindergarten, their social and emotional development, and future grades. But only about a third rank pre-K as a top district ...

State officials said as Michigan families continue to learn about the state's free pre-K program for all 4-year-old's regardless of income, they're signing up at higher rates. For the 2026-27 school ...

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 ...

Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday that preschools across Alabama will see 64 new classrooms for the 2026-27 school year. The new classrooms expand the state’s First Class Pre-K program’s reach, which ...