In a light and airy classroom at Early Partners preschool, in a renovated firehouse in New Orleans' Lower Garden District, three little boys are playing with blocks. Towers and walls rise from the ...

Children who attended local Preschool Promise-affiliated programs scored significantly higher in kindergarten readiness than their non-attending peers, according to state data recently analyzed by the ...

Amid the pandemic, the number of young children attending preschool has dropped to its lowest level in more than a quarter century. The decline threatens to derail decades of improvements in school ...