Flurry of Activity Taking Place on Prekindergarten Front

An ideal “learning community” for a preschooler includes family members, provides children a chance to develop their social and physical abilities, builds early literacy and math skills, and is in some way connected to school, says a report from the National Association of Elementary School Principals.

Released last week, the report also argues that elementary school principals should be playing a vital role in supporting and leading initiatives in early-childhood education.

The group’s position runs counter, though, to the way the new “universal” pre-K program in Florida, where principals will have minimal...