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 ...

Malcolm McKey and a dozen other voluntary pre-kindergarten students sit crisscross applesauce in their Lincoln Park Primary classroom Wednesday afternoon and clap in unison as they count to 20. The ...

The Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program is designed to prepare 4-year-olds for kindergarten and develop the skills they need to become successful students as well as good readers. In VPK, the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Duval County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti highlighted the district's VPK program Tuesday during a meeting with school board members and community leaders. The ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Thousands of Florida kids who go to voluntary prekindergarten, or VPK, are not ready for kindergarten, according to the state. In Florida, 4- and 5-year-olds have free access to ...

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 ...

It was roughly three weeks ago when the founder and owner of Brownsville Preparatory Institute learned the state would not allow virtual or distance learning for children enrolled in the state's ...

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 ...

Families enrolled in the Florida’s Voluntary Pre-kindergarten program will soon have more flexible options for their 4-year-olds. The Florida Department of Education and the Office of Early Learning ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The cost of child care is on the rise and research shows it’s largely due to the pandemic. But in Florida, there is the option of free volunteer pre-kindergarten, also known as ...