There are 4 article(s) tagged prekindergarten:

• December 2025

  • Thousands of Memphis-area kids could lose pre-K in January

    Up to 3,000 kids who receive needs-based prekindergarten in Memphis and Shelby County might not have pre-K centers to go to in January amid a funding crunch.

    By Samuel Hardiman December 11, 2025

• August 2025

  • Universal pre-K in Memphis navigates Head Start shakeup

    As Porter-Leath works to enroll thousands more prekindergarten students, early-childhood education organization First 8 Memphis is continuing efforts toward free, quality classrooms for kids.

    By Laura Testino August 26, 2025

• June 2025

  • A push for license plate readers could bring back car inspections

    It’s been 12 years since the City of Memphis ended mandatory annual auto inspections, but an effort to weed out counterfeit temporary tags could reverse that decision.

    By Bill Dries June 25, 2025

  • Excess xAI tax revenue could be earmarked for Memphis pre-K

    The council also talks Tuesday, June 24, about an MPD plan to install license plate readers along the city’s rights of way of state highways as a crime-fighting measure.

    By Bill Dries June 24, 2025