Registration is open for Colorado's tuition-free preschool program for the 2026-27 school year. The program provides up to 15 hours of free preschool per week for children in the year before ...

Multnomah County expects its universal preschool program to see a significant boost in enrollment, starting next fall. On Thursday morning, the county announced plans to offer more than 7,400 ...

Enrollment for the 2026-27 universal preschool program is officially open, offering up to 15 hours of tuition-free preschool for children. Enrollment opened Dec. 9 and the first round of matching will ...

Colorado families can start applying for the state’s free preschool program for the 2026-27 school year on Tuesday at noon. The $349 million program, which launched in the fall of 2023, is open to all ...

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Washington will nearly double the number of available slots for a state program that provides free prekindergarten child care and wrap-around services for primarily low-income families, following a ...

It’s been a tough year for early learning. Just as the child care sector began to put the trials of the pandemic in the rearview mirror, the state cut funding for early learning programs due to a ...

Washington’s free preschool program for low-income kids is shrinking. Amid a budget shortfall, state legislators cut about $60 million from the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program, which ...

Children in a preschool classroom at the Pillsbury Early Education Center in Minneapolis learn how to say colors in Spanish on July 21. Minnesota is adding thousands of free public preschool slots in ...

In Union City, N.J., children at Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center for Early Childhood Education sit with their teacher for a read-along. The full-day preschool, which operates during the school year, is ...