Poor Start

“Myth or fact? Smoking anywhere around the baby can increase the risk of infant death.”A half dozen pregnant women at the Columbia Public Health Center in…

In a modern kindergarten class, you rarely see one lesson underway at once.At Bow Lake Elementary in SeaTac, these new kindergarteners are studying…

Last year, Velma Chaney and her fiancé moved to Seattle from Mississippi with their three young children in search of a stronger job market. Her sister…

On a sunny afternoon, 18-year-old Margaret Rim bounces her infant son on her knee in an empty classroom at South Lake High School.A public health nurse,…

Preschool can look like fun and games.But high-quality preschools use play to teach children the academic, social and developmental skills that they’ll…

00000181-fa79-da89-a38d-fb7f2ab60000In this five-part series, KUOW reporter Ann Dornfeld examines the way that low-income children entering kindergarten are often behind from the beginning. Edited by Carol Smith and produced for the Web by Isolde Raftery.