Lakeland, FL -- How young is too young when it comes to assessing our kids' performance at school? A Lakeland pre-K has filed a petition asking state lawmakers to put the brakes on a new law that ...

Small changes could be coming to the controversial Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten evaluation system. Contact 5 first told you Monday, some teachers say it's flawed. Now the state is hoping to work toward ...

The practice round was rough. When Florida implemented a new Kindergarten Readiness test last fall — designed to determine if the state's thousands of Voluntary PreKindergarten (VPK) programs were ...

The statewide release of 2017-18 Kindergarten Readiness rates showed that 42% of Florida’s children entering Kindergarten were not ready for school and this data point has created significant ...

--- Whether you make $10,000, or $10 million a year, Florida says your 4 or 5 year old is entitled to a free program called voluntary Pre-Kindergarten, also known as VPK. The goal is to give kids a ...

Belinda Churchill gets a lot of mileage out of a pizza. Math skills come from making a table and ranking everyone’s favorite topping. Self-control and listening skills come with an exercise in making ...

Legislation that could reshape how Florida's 11,000 voluntary prekindergarten providers are assessed received strong support during a subcommittee hearing this week. House Bill 1193, sponsored by Rep.

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 ...

Lawmakers surrounded Gov. Ron DeSantis May 4 in Vero Beach as he signed two early-education bills that will change the state's 15-year-old Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten program, which offers free pre-K ...