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Colorado
New report dings Denver’s preschool program quality, but there’s more to the story
By Ann Schimke
10 hours ago
Chicago
Chicago schools’ preschool chief steps down
By Cassie Walker Burke
November 26, 2019
Chicago
‘Hoping for a miracle’: Chicago parents express confusion, anxiety as preschools and day care centers lay off staff, threaten downsizing
By Cassie Walker Burke
November 20, 2019

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Chicago
Chicago finds more money to stave off closures, layoffs at child care centers
By Cassie Walker Burke
November 19, 2019
Chicago
Should Illinois rewrite the way it funds early learning? The case starts to build.
By Cassie Walker Burke
November 12, 2019
Indiana
Indiana is known for its K-12 voucher program. But pre-K vouchers are often left out of the conversation.
By Emma Kate Fittes
November 7, 2019
New York
Queens to get 300-seat, $42M public preschool, created in partnership with local science museum
By Amy Zimmer
October 31, 2019
Indiana
Amid key expansion, Indiana fills its On My Way Pre-K seats
By Stephanie Wang
October 16, 2019
Tennessee
Early education nonprofit First 8 starts new search for leader in Memphis
By Jacinthia Jones
October 15, 2019
Tennessee
Memphis voters approved a sales tax increase for police and fire — and maybe pre-K, too
By Jacinthia Jones
October 9, 2019
Colorado
New preschool seeks to fill child care gap in north Denver neighborhoods facing disruptive change
By Ann Schimke
October 7, 2019
Tennessee
Memphis re-elects Jim Strickland as mayor. Here’s what he says about K-12 education.
By Laura Faith Kebede
October 3, 2019
Colorado
As Colorado invests more in preschool, a gold-standard study shows benefits of full-day classes
By Ann Schimke
September 27, 2019
Tennessee
Here are the people who will shape Shelby County’s unprecedented collaboration on early childhood
By Caroline Bauman
September 24, 2019
Tennessee
Under one umbrella: Memphis coordinates preschool funding and evaluation to boost quality
By Jacinthia Jones
September 10, 2019