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 ...
--- 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 ...
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A local elementary school was recently recognized for the exceptional quality of its VPK program. Cedar Grove Elementary School earned the highest Voluntary ...
DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. — This week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed two bills aiming to improve early education in state. He believes they will help increase Florida’s kindergarten readiness rate, ...
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 ...
This story was updated to correct a misspelling. Five-year-old Marlaina Paulding likes playing in the tents in her VPK classroom at Felix A. Williams Elementary School in Martin County. She likes ...
Nine years after Florida voters approved universal pre-kindergarten for all 4-year-olds, it's impossible to know if voters got the high-quality voluntary program they demanded. The state touts that ...
MIAMI - Parents in Miami-Dade County have just over two weeks to register their children for the Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) lottery, with a deadline set for March 7. Children who will be four ...