How 4-Year-Olds Are Giving Michigan Districts an Incentive to Build, Expand

NY Offered School Districts $1.2B for Pre-K. $170M Went Unused.

After spending $28,000 on two years of daycare, Brookhaven resident Kayla Muglia was eager to enroll her son in her Long Island school district’s free pre-K program for 4-year-olds. But last May, months after submitting an application, Muglia received disappointing news: He had been waitlisted.New York school districts with state-funded pre-K are required to hold a random lottery when the number of applicants exceeds available seats. In Suffolk …

How 4-year-olds are giving Michigan districts an incentive to build, expand

As Michigan pushes for pre-K expansion, schools build new early childhood hubs.