St. Nicholas-St. Mary School pre-kindergarten class, from left, first row, are: William Conklin, Teagan Carey, Stephan Sedon, Paisley Eden, Jeffrey Gray, Devin Ashford, Nathan Rybak and Elina Thach.

As the price of private preschool soars and states spend more than ever on public programs for the poor, will the middle class be left behind? Josiah Taft, 4, played at the water table in his public ...

Tennessee school districts are using K-12 funds to pay for legally required special education pre-K programs state education ...