FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKRC) - As Kentucky lawmakers prepare to reconvene in January to craft the state's two-year budget, Gov. Andy Beshear is prioritizing universal pre-K for all four-year-olds statewide.

“Play is the language of students. It's where they're the experts and it's where they're able to have a lot of fun and have a lot of joy, but also develop the critical executive functioning skills ...

SAN ANTONIO – As spring break draws near, children will find themselves in or near water and there is a San Antonio program providing children with the skills and knowledge to stay safe. “Drowning is ...

Research has shown that investing in high-quality early childhood education can generate as much as a 13% return on investment, delivering benefits that help businesses, communities and the people who ...

Pre-K programs will only achieve their intended goals if they ensure that they are accessible to all families they are designed to serve. As more states and districts invest in high-quality pre-K as a ...

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell is the White House Correspondent for "The Daily Signal." Send her an email. The nation’s largest teachers union recommends that educators begin teaching the concepts of ...

While Congress continues to debate whether to pass Build Back Better and make public pre-K universally available, many states are making investments to strengthen the quality of their existing early ...

For the past 15 years, one of the nation’s brightest landscapes for prekindergarten has flourished in an unlikely place. Alabama First Class Pre-K stands out in the South, where investment in ...

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As early childhood researchers, we’ve spent our careers steeped in an enormous body of work that documents the long-term positive impacts of quality early care and education on the lives of those ...

If you’re a pre-k classroom teacher, you know what a challenge it can be to keep students engaged for the duration of their class. With classes leaning more towards a traditional learning environment ...