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.

Notions about how the American education system should function, from kindergarten to college, are changing. The very idea of constructs such as grade levels, and a rigid division between high school ...

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 ...

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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 ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – The Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida went ‘All in’ for Early Learning on Monday. The ...

Last school year was hard enough. Denise Ladson Johnson’s son Moses struggled with the abrupt transition to distance learning in the spring, with having to say goodbye to his teacher and classmates ...

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Abdiel, 4, celebrates his birthday during his first week of transitional kindergarten at Bill Libbon Elementary School in Santa Maria. Credit: Nick Forselles / Noozhawk photo On a sunny morning in ...

The kindergarten year can be a critical one—setting the tone for students and influencing their academic success in elementary school and beyond. But of the 4 million children who will start ...

Adeana Mann brings joyful learning to her Blandford Elementary Kindergarten Classroom ...

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