Students who took part in a Henry County preschool program earned higher test scores than their peers, according to a report presented to the school board by Dr. Dawn Holley, elementary curriculum specialist.
Although Gov. Timothy M. Kaine did not get all the money he proposed to the 2008 General Assembly to expand early childhood education across Virginia, he did get money to nurture early-learning programs around the state.
It's mid-morning at Rainbow Riders Childcare Center in Blacksburg, and seven toddlers are making a run on a collection of telephone receivers strewn across the Orange Room's brightly colored carpet.
A new mother, Poli Marinova set out to find the best possible day-care provider for her infant son. She had little trouble finding a list of nearby caregivers, but she discovered there was no easy way to check their track records in Maryland.
A bill tightening regulation for Virginia child care providers is moving forward in the House of Delegates.
Hundreds of low-income families in Virginia stand to receive long-awaited subsidies to help pay for child care under a proposal included in Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's budget.
Advocates for low-income families waiting for state vouchers to help pay for child care in Fairfax County have started an aggressive push to increase funding for the state and federal program.
Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine presented his plan last week to expand state-funded preschool to a group of Northern Virginia educators, business leaders and politicians, a trial run for the pitch he'll make to lawmakers when the General Assembly convenes in January.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has rejected a bid by the Arlington County school system to take over the county's federally funded Head Start program, which provides preschool for disadvantaged children.
An expansion of preschool could accommodate an additional 17,000 low-income 4-year-olds within five years, partly through state reimbursements to church-run and private early childhood programs, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Thursday.