Multnomah County’s heavily scrutinized effort to provide free preschool to all its 3- and 4-year-olds, starting with those at highest need, has met the mark in terms of who’s filled seats, but the ...

Last week, Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read released results of an Audits Division investigation that found four preschools squandered hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars meant to provide ...

Pre-K programs experienced their biggest boost ever in state funding and enrollment last school year, although the quality of the programs remains uneven, a new study concludes. There are about 1.7 ...

It’s been a little over a year since Tram Gonzalez opened Color Wings Preschool in her home in Portland, Oregon. Of the 15 children enrolled in her program, 10 attend for free, covered in full by ...

Yelena Hagooli has done everything possible to give her 4-year-old son the best start in life. She took him to the library every week, fed him the healthiest foods, left her job to care for him, and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government ...

A free, statewide preschool program may experience big expansions in coming years. It could help fill gaps in Northwest ...

The first national randomized trial of public Montessori preschool students showed stronger long-term outcomes by kindergarten, including elevated reading, memory, and executive function as compared ...

The foundation of a child's future success begins long before they enter a traditional classroom. High-quality preschool programs are one of the most effective investments we can make in our children, ...

A new look at Chicago’s longstanding, intensive preschool program highlights how elementary school leaders can help sustain the benefits students get from early education. A study published online in ...

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners is poised to soon vote on changes to the tax that funds Preschool for All, even as uncertainty remains about what those changes would do to the county’s ...