Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If state-funded preschool programs are in a race, then it's clear that some states are approaching the finish line while others ...

Quality child care and development facilities are good for the community and good for business. A preschool program follows the same basic license and permit laws as child care facilities. Start with ...

More states than ever are providing publicly funded preschool. That's according to a new report from the researchers at the National Institute for Early Education Research, or NIEER, who have been ...

State-based preschool programs suffered big drops in enrollment and state funding in the teeth of the pandemic, according to an annual review by the National Institute for Early Education Research ...

Studies have linked preschool attendance and professional childcare for children ages four and below, also called early ...

Early education programs are widely believed to be effective public investments for helping children succeed in school and for reducing income- and race-based achievement gaps. However, a new study ...