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.

Addison’s mother credits her pre-school, San Antonio’s Pre-K 4 SA North Education Center, for inspiring her love of reading. Addison is still pen pals with Mrs. Ashworth, her preschool teacher. “She says she taught her so much,” Martinez Young, 37, says.

For the first time since its inception, Pre-K 4 SA is expanding its school district partnerships to include one more: East Central ISD.

Alamo Heights ISD and Pre-K 4 SA were among those honored at the “Oscars of teaching” in Texas, the H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards. Elected officials and business leaders gathered with a room of educator peers to honor and applaud leaders in the profession at the Austin Hilton Sunday night.

Months before the actual Oscars took place this year, Texas education’s own version of the Oscars singled out the finalists for this year’s H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards.