Five-year-old Marlaina Paulding likes playing in the tents in her VPK classroom at Felix A. Williams Elementary School in Martin County. She likes learning the alphabet and numbers, and the Spanish ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — The Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County is offering a new solution to the longstanding teacher shortage at child care facilities. The ASPIRE New Teacher Initiative ...

VPK teachers make up less than one percent of the approximately 14,000 OCPS teachers. “It’s overwhelming...especially when VPK teachers were not given the option of virtual,” VPK teacher Erin ...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — As students head back to school in St. Lucie County, many child care facilities will also open the doors to 4-year-olds entering the state's voluntary prekindergarten program.

Nine years after Florida voters approved universal pre-kindergarten for all 4-year-olds, it's impossible to know if voters got the high-quality voluntary program they demanded. The state touts that ...

The State Board of Education, the governor and the Legislature have an opportunity to right a wrong with Florida’s Voluntary Pre-kindergarten program. This program provides all 4-year-olds with 540 ...