Pre-K 4 SA, the city-funded early education program, is partnering with New Frontiers Public Schools to provide the charter network with access to its full-day prekindergarten classes.

As advocates of early childhood education in New Mexico continue to laud its potential to change lives — and debate how to fund it — leaders of a city-driven prekindergarten program in San Antonio, Texas, told a crowd in Santa Fe on Wednesday that proponents must first convince businesses to buy in.

Above were dangling, flying papier-maché fish. Below, an alligator, sneaking down a column. And on the walls in between, in frame after frame, was sparkling, spirited art.

Some of the youngest San Antonians are stepping up to help other kids their age. The City of San Antonio’s Pre-K 4 SA program is hosting a unique art exhibit fundraiser that celebrates children’s creativity while helping other kids in need.

Parents of picky eaters know it can be a challenge getting their kids to eat healthy meals. A garden program at Pre-K 4 SA has students excited and curious about their nutrition.

San Antonio’s 4-year-olds have something to say about their city, and the rest of the population will have an opportunity to see the results. The annual Pre-K 4 SA Gracias San Antonio: Children Are Citizens project teams students with artist volunteers to create artworks that reflect the children’s perspectives on their community.

When the application period for San Antonio’s sales-tax supported preschool program opens Thursday, the program’s director expects seats to fill quickly.

With an eye on the 2020 expiration date for the city sales tax funding of Pre-K 4 SA, program advocates delighted in its fourth annual report — the first to study all four of its centers at capacity — which found students are still developing significant gains in their year there.

Pre-K 4 SA‘s South Education Center is a model of high quality early childhood education, but its impact goes far beyond the 500 students served at the center. I recently toured the campus to meet the leaders and learn more about the program.

Liam has a chat with Sarah Baray, the CEO of Pre-K 4 SA – an innovative and groundbreaking early education program from San Antonio in Texas. Sarah discusses the challenges of securing funding for children’s programs, and how it can lift children out of disadvantage.