The children in Rosie Ferraro's preschool class sang songs about their toes, the American flag and a gingerbread man. They counted days on a calendar and counted each other. When they started class in ...

One of Gavin Newsom’s most highly touted accomplishments was to provide $2.7 billion in state funding to create free universal transitional kindergarten for every 4-year-old, It was one of his core ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — One of the big initiatives from President Joe Biden on Wednesday night was free, universal preschool. Biden presented the proposal during his first speech to Congress. Jeff Butts ...

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The debate over state-funded preschool has been no play date for Gov. Terry Branstad. Members of his own Republican Party want to scrap voluntary public preschool, arguing that it's too expensive or ...