For two years, two reporters documented the realities shaping the students’ lives— the housing insecurity and trauma they had ...

As Mamdani prepares to take over NYC schools, experts, educators, students, and families have ideas for the new mayor, from ...

The biggest source of teachers’ hesitation appears to be concerns about developmental appropriateness for young children.

Gov. Tim Walz boasted about Minnesota’s education system to a Texas audience on Thursday. He said Minnesota’s graduation rates are improving, free school meals set students up for success and ...

Decades of research have found that children who attend pre-K arrive at kindergarten with stronger academic skills than those who do not. A handful of experimental studies have even found that ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - More than half of Kentucky’s children arrive in kindergarten unprepared, a statistic that has prompted Gov. Andy Beshear to champion universal pre-K access across the ...

The Beshear-Coleman administration in Kentucky has prioritized public education funding and teacher support. Kentucky voters rejected charter schools and voucher programs in 2024, affirming support ...

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 ...

A DeLand preschool, perennially labeled “low performing” by the state, had reason to celebrate this year. The House Next Door earned the highest possible rating — “excellent” — under Florida’s new ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — With Universal Pre-K now standard, many Memphis and Shelby County families are finding more options to give their children an early advantage before they enter school. Su Casa has ...

Three-year-olds play while being cared for at Kids’ Place Child Development Center on Jan. 15, 2025, in Fort Worth. Amanda McCoy [email protected] After Texas state officials recently released ...

From New Orleans to Jefferson Parish and beyond, here are all the 2025 back-to-school start dates and calendar links for the area. JULY 28 • George W. Carver High AUGUST 1 • Sarah T. Reed High School ...