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For decades, researchers studying preschool have struggled to explain a common finding: While kids who go to preschool arrive in kindergarten better prepared than those who don’t, the reading and math ...

Attending preschool at age 4 makes children significantly more likely to go to college, according to an empirical study led by an MIT economist. The study examines children who attended public ...

Advocates of quality preschool education argue the returns on money spent for pre-K programs make the programs a good community investment. Better performance in grade school and high school. Higher ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Despite initial ...

SEATTLE — A new study shows low income kids from Washington state who go to a state supported preschool are likely to do better academically than their peers at least through fifth grade. Researchers ...

Depression can strike at any age, even among preschoolers, researchers report. And if it does strike, the odds are that the disorder will recur throughout childhood, a new study shows. The study found ...

For African-American boys, the presumption of guilt starts before they have entered a kindergarten classroom, new research shows. In a study presented Wednesday to a meeting of education policy ...

CHICAGO -- Preschool has surprisingly enduring benefits lasting well into adulthood, according to one of the biggest, longest follow-up studies of its kind. Better jobs, less drug abuse and fewer ...