Early Childhood Education
NEWARK, N.J. - New Jersey has already thrown enough money at its largest school district to make it among the nation's best-funded, yet it remains in the pits.
ATLANTA - States across the country are cutting hundreds of millions from their prekindergarten budgets.
VASHON ISLAND, Wash. - When they're outside, the children in Erin Kenny's class don't head for cover if it rains or snows.
DETROIT - Doors are expected to shut on more than a quarter of Detroit's 172 public schools in June as the district fights through steadily declining enrollment and a budget deficit of more than $219 million, an emergency financial manager said Wednesday.
FRANKLIN, Mich. - A teacher trying to park her SUV Tuesday backed through a large window and into a classroom at the suburban Detroit school where she taught, slightly injuring several preschool students, authorities said.
