Pre-K

Many working parents struggle to afford child care, and the situation could get worse very soon. Federal COVID-19 relief funds that helped child care providers raise salaries to keep teachers are set to run out. Most providers plan to charge families more.

“Wanda Little Hands” is one of 15 education centers participating in the program aimed at serving 3-year-olds in underserved communities.

Biden's "American Families Plan" would mark almost $2 billion for extending child care, Pre-K, health care and more. At the same time, Gov. Roy Cooper hopes the legislature will put $160 million of new federal pandemic relief to fund Pre-K for students.

Virtual learning has changed almost everything about the classroom experience in North Carolina, but implicit racial biases remain as a hindrance to…

Advocacy groups that lobby for the well-being of young children have written a letter to Governor Roy Cooper and N.C. Health and Human Services Director…

North Carolina will receive up to $56 million toward improving early childhood education and health outcomes for at-risk children, Gov. Roy Cooper…

It's 10 o'clock on a Tuesday morning at the LEAP Academy's Nuestra Escuelita, in Durham. That means it's music time. A circle of three- and four-year-olds…

A recent analysis of five decades of data shows that high-quality early childhood education has lasting benefits for kids. Yet in North Carolina, less…

Researchers at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute have more evidence that children who attend pre-K see better outcomes down the…

Wake County school officials say they hope to expand pre-kindergarten services by adding more than 200 slots for next school year. Superintendent Jim…