In his March 10 speech laying out his education agenda, President Barack Obama established expanded and higher-quality preschool education as the plan’s “first pillar.” That sensible foundation is ...

Everybody is talking about high quality preschools but few folks know what high quality preschool looks like—especially for literacy development. The following checklist can be used to evaluate ...

Children and parents spent the day March 6 celebrating love of reading with East Baton Rouge Parish Library’s first-ever party for children meeting the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program ...

MEDIA, Pennsylvania (CNN) --President Bush Tuesday unveiled an initiative to upgrade preschool education and encourage parents to read to their children, saying the educational achievement of American ...

Vanessa Silver, who tutors young children with dyslexia, works with Liina Yerro, 9, in Granada Hills. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) This year, for the first time, California schools will be ...

California students who attended transitional kindergarten were more engaged in the learning process and better prepared for math and reading when they entered kindergarten than children who did not, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. BILLINGS — In Billings, the closest thing the city has to public preschool is showing early signs ...