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 ...

As the price of private preschool soars and states spend more than ever on public programs for the poor, will the middle class be left behind? Josiah Taft, 4, played at the water table in his public ...

A 2023 state policy now requires children to turn 5 years old by Sept. 1 for kindergarten, which pushed more families into pre-K programs.

Public school preschool teachers make an average hourly wage of $24.06 or $50,040 a year. But only five states, and a handful of cities, offer free public preschool programs that accept children from ...

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