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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

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 ...