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PreK-3rd in MCPS A new report from the Foundation for Child Development and Pre-K Now, “Lessons in Early Learning: Building an Integrated Pre-K-12 System in Montgomery County Public Schools,” describes how Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Maryland used local and federal dollars to craft and implement a district-wide education reform strategy built on aligning high-quality PreK with its K-12 system.

Seattle public schools chief Maria Goodloe-Johnson gave the PreK-3rd movement a boost today, endorsing a move to a PreK-12 system as the most powerful step education policymakers could take.

Four universities joined with UCLA’s Civil Rights Project to release nine studies relevant to the effective education of English Language Learners (ELLs) in Arizona.

By Star-Ledger Editorial Board.

On his last day of pre-kindergarten, Misael Rivas left his classroom at the Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center in Union City heartbroken.

By Sarah Garland.

A new FCD Policy to Action Brief, PreK-3rd: Putting Full-Day Kindergarten in the Middle, calls for Full-Day-Kindergarten (FDK) to be an integral part of a 21st Century P-20 education system.

Misael Rivas is a skinny four-year-old with big eyes and a big personality that sometimes gets him in trouble at his preschool, the Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center in Union City, N.J. His favorite things are fire trucks, table saws, and, despite the occasional call home from his teacher about misbehavior, going to school.