Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program will add 69 classrooms in 30 counties this fall, according to an announcement made today by Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education.

There was no doubt in Josselin Anduray’s mind that her daughter Valerie would attend prekindergarten. Anduray, a teacher aide who works with kindergartners in Levittown, said she could tell the ...

The push to expand pre-kindergarten programs is on. Last school year, public pre-K programs received their biggest-ever boost in state funding. Enrollment in state pre-K programs nationwide increased ...

Alabama legislators used to have sticker shock when faced with the cost of high-quality pre-kindergarten education. Now, they understand that those investments pay off because, as economists estimate, ...

Alabama’s state-funded pre-K program, which serves 44 percent of eligible 4-year-olds in the state, is considered to be one of the highest quality programs in the country. Credit: Bekah McNeel for The ...