Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Daryl Austin is a Utah-based reporter who covers health and wellness. Once considered a luxury of the upper class alone, parents ...

A preschooler at the Carrie Murray Nature Center Forest Preschool fills a bucket with water from a stream in Leakin Park. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one ...

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 ...

I worried about kindergarten readiness, but chose an intergenerational preschool that pairs kids with dementia patients.

LANDOVER, Md. -- President Bush called for revising the 38-year-old Head Start program to emphasize literacy skills and give states flexibility to mesh the instruction with their own preschool ...

Families can learn about eligibility, enrollment and program details for 2026-27 school year.

Landmark studies of preschool programs in the 1960s and 70s showed that they could make a big difference for children from low-income families. But more recent experimental studies of preschool don’t ...