Preschool for All is reaching its equity objectives but could do more to support preschools and serve diverse children, especially those with disabilities. The program also risks losing credibility if ...

Multnomah County’s Preschool for All, which seeks to guarantee tuition-free child care to every preschooler in the county by 2030, reported another year of dramatically underspending its budget. The ...

Preschool for All Director Leslee Barnes. (Motoya Nakamura / Multnomah County) A newly released public record from the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office indicates Multnomah County’s former Preschool ...

Williams is executive director of Family Forward Oregon. She lives in Portland. We know what happens when child care collapses – because we’ve lived it. In 2020, businesses across Portland were ...

Oregon Senate Bill 106 saw a flurry of activity earlier this week, including a last-minute amendment that sought to sunset the universal preschool program and a hastily called legislative meeting ...

Multnomah County’s Preschool for All director has resigned after her ties to a preschool provider accused of “wasteful” spending of state dollars called her credibility into question with her ...

LIVINGSTON COUNTY — Local school districts are preparing for the state’s push for universal preschool by the end of 2026. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer first proposed free preschool for all four-year-olds ...

The popularity of my recent Psychology Today blog post (Preschool Isn't Prep—It's Prime Time for Brain Growth) underscored something powerful: a growing wave of parents and educators are rethinking ...