Dear Editor: A quality preschool program has proved to be beneficial to children ages 3-5 years old, especially the disadvantaged. Researchers in early childhood education indicate that enrollment in ...

Importance of preschool play: Reporter Betsy Hammond's article on kindergarten readiness is excellent and reinforces the need for high-quality preschool for more children. As a reading specialist, I ...

As if getting a child into preschool isn’t stressful enough, parents of the under-5 set must increasingly contend with an additional headache – the “first-choice letter.” Much like the early ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's no easy task getting 200 preschoolers in the same room. But then again, in the Walnut Room at Macy's on State Street, there was magic in the air. Students from Chicago Commons ...