Sixty-five percent of kindergarten-age children in Franklin County do not have a basic grasp of letters and numbers, ...

Children’s ability to read by third grade is a proven predictor of future success. Schools, nonprofits and libraries are ...

The Florida voluntary prekindergarten program is 20 years old. Here's why enrollment among 4 year olds isn't at 100%.

School-readiness test scores show VPK prepares children ... Every aspect of the voluntary pre-kindergarten class is designed around education, explained Jennifer Corkern, Martin County school ...

Under the bill, districts would be required to administer short math and reading “screeners,” which measure comprehension and ...

Currently, the district has eight sites that offer the PreK4Ward program. With spiking enrollment numbers, a ninth site will ...

Finally although often haltingly, over the past two decades, the Legislature got serious about changing that: It provided funding for 4-year-old kindergarten for poor kids, beginning in the ...

Washington lawmakers have cut funding for a children’s literacy program that serves more than 121,000 children in the state. The Imagination Library is a literacy program run by The Dollywood ...

We are currently only able to support sending children their June books,” said Brooke Fisher-Clark, executive director of the Imagination Library of Washington.

a research survey conducted by the Imagination Library of Washington in partnership with Longview Public Schools found that children participating in the Imagination Library before kindergarten ...