The jury is in: after five years and $6 million spent studying the effectiveness of Tennessee’s Voluntary Pre-K Program for low-income kids, research shows kids in that program eventually do worse on ...

The latest results of the longest-running study of state-funded pre-K in the nation strengthen the case for universal programs open to all young children. Released Tuesday by researchers at Georgetown ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — After 13 years of research on 3,000, low-income, Tennessee kids, Vanderbilt University researchers released a study suggesting the state pre-K program needs an overhaul. "I ...

The introduction of free preschool in New York City overlapped with reduced child maltreatment investigation rates ...

With better data, policymakers will better understand the quality of existing pre-K programs and how to strengthen the components that matter most for kids and their families. Credit: Jackie Mader for ...

WTVF-NASHVILLE — Ben Hall is joined by Kelley Durkin, Research Associate Professor at Peabody College at Vanderbilt, to discuss a recent study the college did on Tennessee Pre-K programs on this ...

Universal pre-K advocates have historically used studies the way a drunk man uses lampposts – for support rather than illumination, as the Brookings Institution’s Russ Whitehurst has pointed out.

Arkansas ranks high in a national pre-K study but the state is falling behind in enrollment and equal access for poor students. According to the report, "Preparing to Launch: Early Childhood's ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A new study shows the benefits of public pre-K in the Houston area just months before Texas lawmakers could debate putting more money towards it. NEW PRE-K STUDY SHOWS HOW THE ...