The Pritzker administration announced Friday that 11,000 children have been able to start preschool over the past two years thanks to the Smart Start Illinois program.

MATTOON, Ill. (WAND) - A Mattoon private school temporarily closed a half-day preschool classroom due to a positive COVID-19 test. 

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND)- Enrollment and funding for Illinois preschools improved in 2018, but access to pre-K continues to lag in the state, according to a report released Wednesday.

EAST ST. LOUIS (WAND) - Educators are accused of making preschool students stand naked in a closet as punishment.

URBANA, Ill. (WAND) - The Illinois State Board of Education gave Dr. Martin Luther King School a grant of $311,000.