pre-k programs

Slightly more than half of four-year-old children in Maine are enrolled in public pre-kindergarten this year. A new legislative panel is considering how those programs could be made over the next few years.

The number of Maine four-year-olds who are enrolled in public pre-school has returned to near pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report from the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University.

More Maine kids are heading to public school at an earlier age, but those from economically disadvantaged communities continue to fall behind. Those are…

The Maine legislature is considering a number of measures aimed at expanding public pre-K programs.One would direct the state Department of Education to…

Maine Public's Robbie Feinberg reported recently on the coming increase in pre-k school programs around the state. In the western Maine town of Fryeburg,…

AUGUSTA, Maine - In Augusta, there's disagreement between advocates and the LePage administration over how to go about expanding early childhood education…