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 learning the alphabet and numbers, and the Spanish ...

For years I’ve driven across Brevard County and seen signs that say “free VPK.” I’ve often wondered, what exactly is VPK? I know it stands for voluntary prekindergarten, but what exactly is it? When I ...

The Florida State Constitution guarantees a free voluntary pre-kindergarten program for all 4-year old children. The VPK program has proven to prepare children for educational success in elementary ...

Registration remains open for Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten classes this summer and kindergarten classes in the fall in Marion County Public Schools. More than 3,070 youngsters attend kindergarten in the ...

On Aug. 22, Anastasia Baptist Child Care Ministry will offer part-time Preschool 3 and Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten classes at the church's State Road 16 campus, 110 Circle Drive East. The Preschool 3 ...

Many parents of Pre-K students are weighing their options for how to get the best and safest education for their kids. One parent, Karen Douglas, has chosen to keep her 4-year-old son home for the ...

Two prominent childcare and VPK programs in DeSoto County have closed their doors in the last five months, leaving early learning advocates from Arcadia to Sarasota mobilizing in search of solutions ...

Escambia County School District administrators are urging parents of 4-year-olds to register their child now for the Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Program. Classes will start Aug. 17. “We still have ...

Florida’s budget for 2018 is the largest ever at $89 billion, but the students learning how to say the days of the week in Spanish in Monica Heimes’ VPK class won’t see much of that. Since the ...

Florida's first voluntary prekindergarten program began in 2005. The program is free for all 4-year-olds. School-readiness test scores show VPK prepares children for school. This story was updated to ...