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.

Although most of them were still in diapers when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, today’s early elementary students didn’t make it ...

I am not surprised that “Kindergartners Arrive Less Ready for School Than Before Pandemic” (U.S. News, Jan. 13). As a former kindergarten and first-grade teacher who then spent 35 years preparing ...

In his March 10 speech laying out his education agenda, President Barack Obama established expanded and higher-quality preschool education as the plan’s “first pillar.” That sensible foundation is ...

Universal TK provides a free, high-quality preschool option for all California families with 4-year-olds. This is critical in terms of access and affordability and ensures that more families can ...

A new national study provides some of the strongest evidence to date to support what many educators and parents of young children already believe: Children learn more in full-day kindergarten programs ...

In California, by 2025-26 all 4-year-olds will be eligible for universal TK. Many districts have already enacted the program, including the Los Angeles school system. Many parents are unsure if they ...

Indiana’s Reading Evaluation and Determination (IREAD) assessment was first implemented in the 2012-13 school year to address ...

Teacher Emily Dirks looked out onto a sea of young faces attached to squiggly, squirming mostly 5-year-old bodies. “Ran-Dan,” she said. “Does that rhyme? Thumbs up or down?” “No!” said the group of ...

Early struggles with reading can have lifelong impacts on mental, physical and emotional health. Understanding who is most at risk of experiencing reading difficulties can inform strategies for early ...