Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. As a child therapist, Hammoud was familiar with the Great Start for Readiness Program (GSRP), the state’s publicly funded preschool ...

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Multnomah County’s heavily scrutinized effort to provide free preschool to all its 3- and 4-year-olds, starting with those at highest need, has met the mark in terms of who’s filled seats ...

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — It's been almost five years since Multnomah County voters passed "Preschool for All" — a program that is eventually supposed to guarantee a free preschool spot for all ...

Hammoud said she has debates with her parent friends all the time about the necessity of preschool, and urges them to consider the well-studied benefits of preschool on a child’s future success.