Two more New Jersey school districts are taking steps to expand their half-day kindergarten programs to full days, with one district set to begin full-day classes in the fall. Just ten districts ...

The number of school districts that only offer free half-day kindergarten is slowly shrinking in New Jersey, and could become even smaller if a referendum is passed in one South Jersey town this week.

Aside from a handful of districts, New Jersey's 5- and 6-year-olds have long had access to free kindergarten programs within their school districts. A new proposal that Gov. Phil Murphy floated in his ...