Los Angeles County would have about 3,300 fewer high school dropouts annually and nearly 10,000 fewer criminal cases filed against juveniles each year if publicly funded preschool were available ...

A new “report card” on state-financed preschool programs concludes that states still have a long way to go to provide young children with high-quality educational experiences before they start ...

A national report highlights Alabama as one of five states offering quality preschool programs across the state. The National Institute for Early Education Research released its State of Preschool ...

Despite decades of research linking high-quality preschool to positive social and academic outcomes, access remains unevenly distributed. A new report lays out a new vision for high-quality preschool ...

A new report shows that the state was experiencing a boost in preschool enrollment and spending, when adjusted for inflation, before COVID-19.

And in 2018, 51% of African American children in Louisiana under the age of 6 lived in poverty, compared to 16% of white children, according to the KIDS Count Data book, published by the Annie E ...

The report was prepared by the University of Kentucky Center for Business and Economic Research for Strong Start Kentucky, a coalition that advocates expansion of preschool programs in Kentucky.

Eakins soon learned that Corbin qualified for speech therapy and also for a preschool program offered through her local school district, Dysart Unified, about 20 miles northwest of Phoenix. The ...

The report, which analyzed the state’s pre-K program statistics and policies, found that nearly 159,000 children enrolled in New York State preschool in the 2023-2024 school year.

The report, coauthored by Allison Friedman-Krauss, associate research professor at NIEER, indicates Maryland’s high spending is sufficient to support its preschool programs.

A recent report found a 17% increase in the number of children who enter preschool developmentally behind their age group in key areas like self-sufficiency and conflict resolution compared to ...