Dale Farran, a researcher who spent a decade studying over a thousand kids who went to a state-run pre-kindergarten—and a control group of kids that wanted to, but didn't get in—is shocked and ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom laid out the argument for expanding TK in last year’s budget: “Evidence is plentiful that children who attend preschool are better prepared to succeed in school than children who do ...

While educators often hail the benefits of universal pre-kindergarten for young children, these programs also help mothers — both low and high-income women — return to the workforce, experts say. A ...

Universal pre-K has long been thought to boost children's lives and futures, but a new study suggests parents could also reap the benefits of free and early education for their kids. Economists found ...

More than 80% of pre-kindergarten (pre-K) to 12th-grade students and staff have at least one respiratory virus detected and ...

California’s newly expanded transitional kindergarten program is growing, but it’s also sapping resources from other early childhood programs, a new study shows, leading to declining enrollment. “As ...

Children in Springfield who attend a formal preschool program are significantly more prepared to learn once they get to kindergarten than those who don't, according to a report released Tuesday. The ...

The classroom must also be suited to four-year-olds, Japel said, which means including space to take afternoon naps and ...

COVID-19 disrupted learning in a big way for kids in school. We've seen studies, seminars, documentaries, and a lot of articles written about it. But we haven't heard much about how the pandemic ...

A study in the North Kansas City, Missouri, pre-K–12 public school system finds that pre-K (pre-kindergarten) and elementary ...

A new study suggests universal pre-K programs could increase parents' earnings. Researchers found that those who enrolled their kids in free pre-K made about 21% more Universal pre-K programs have ...