Belinda Churchill gets a lot of mileage out of a pizza. Math skills come from making a table and ranking everyone’s favorite topping. Self-control and listening skills come with an exercise in making ...

The practice round was rough. When Florida implemented a new Kindergarten Readiness test last fall — designed to determine if the state's thousands of Voluntary PreKindergarten (VPK) programs were ...

Legislation that could reshape how Florida's 11,000 voluntary prekindergarten providers are assessed received strong support during a subcommittee hearing this week. House Bill 1193, sponsored by Rep.

On May 15, the Florida Department of Education released the 2017-2018 Voluntary Pre-K readiness rates, and statewide, only 58% of children who participated in VPK were ready for kindergarten. In ...

The Florida State Constitution guarantees a free voluntary pre-kindergarten program for all 4-year old children. The VPK program has proven to prepare children for educational success in elementary ...

Two prominent childcare and VPK programs in DeSoto County have closed their doors in the last five months, leaving early learning advocates from Arcadia to Sarasota mobilizing in search of solutions ...

Nearly half of the children who attended a state-funded voluntary pre-kindergarten program last year were not ready for kindergarten this year, according to the preliminary results of a new test ...

Florida's newly created prekindergarten program for 4year-olds is still very much a work in progress. The Florida Legislature late last year finally came up with a general plan for the service, which ...

It was roughly three weeks ago when the founder and owner of Brownsville Preparatory Institute learned the state would not allow virtual or distance learning for children enrolled in the state's ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Thousands of Florida kids who go to voluntary prekindergarten, or VPK, are not ready for kindergarten, according to the state. In Florida, 4- and 5-year-olds have free access to ...