Early Childhood education

Michigan’s PreK for All is saving families over $10,000 a year, and the free preschool program is seeing record enrollment

A first-of-its-kind childcare center in Grand Rapids’ Rapid Central Station is aiming to reduce the commute for working parents and to set a national trend

A new set of Michigan regulations for home-based childcare aims to make it more accessible in the state

The Michigan Educator Workforce Initiative is addressing the state’s shortage of early childhood educators with its MiEarly Apprentice program

Half the provider calls made to a state program to help low-income Michiganders afford childcare went unanswered over about a year and a half of observation

West Michigan school districts feel the growth as a state education program sees high enrollment. Supporters say it saves families thousands in childcare and gives kids a jumpstart on school readiness

As impacts vary county to county, leaders discuss potential effects in Kent County

The state budget does not separately fund early childhood programs. The line item eliminated, the money is now distributed to school districts as a per pupil allocation with no spending requirement

About 40 early childhood professionals gathered today for First Steps Kent’s latest Vision Forward seminar

An early childhood center proposed to open next fall inside The Rapid’s main bus station is receiving $200,000 from the Grand Rapids Downtown Development Authority