Silas McLellan, a kindergartner in a play-based learning class, plays with toy blocks during Choice Time at Symonds ...

Millions of children will grab lunchboxes, backpacks and rolling bags and head to their first day of kindergarten this year. Some will go for a half day and some for a full. Some will attend private ...

While kindergarten is meant to be a gentle, low-stress introduction to formal schooling, it’s a critically important milestone for little learners, who are developing at an astounding pace.

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Academy Early Childhood Center's Jennifer Zavodny penned 'Piper the Pumpkin' to teach her students new reading skills ...

Filling a child’s new backpack with a box of crayons and school supplies is part of the bittersweet ritual of preparing a kindergartener for the first day of school. What parents may not realize is ...

Senate Bill 1381 changed California’s entry-age for kindergarten from five years of age by Dec. 2 to Sept. 1. To allow districts time to prepare for implementation, the new age requirement will be ...

A look at KEA data from the last several school years shows relatively steady rates of students marked as overall "ready" for ...

EdSource · Trump's cuts to Hispanic-Serving Institutions hit community college student programs hard Persistent gaps in kindergarten readiness between children from low-income families and their ...