This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report. ASTON, Pa.— In Jodie Murphy’s kindergarten class, math lessons go beyond the basics of counting and recognizing numbers. On a recent ...

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 ...

When Krystyna Kalishevskyi emigrated from Ukraine with her family last year, she had experienced more trauma and fear than a 4-year-old can cope with. Going to school in California was a big challenge ...

That joyfulness can extend even to the more mundane lessons, like learning new vocabulary, which historically has involved ...

ROCHESTER — There was a lot going on Wednesday afternoon in Angela Lash's kindergarten classroom. A couple of students were coloring. Another was sculpting Play-Doh. One student approached Lash and ...

According to a recent survey on education, overwhelming majorities of Californians think that preschool is important for student success in K–12 schools, and a strong majority supports state-funded ...

Students at Waukegan’s Robbie M. Lightfoot Early Learning Center learn how to raise their hand to speak, how to write their name, recognize the letters of the alphabet, the value of numbers and much ...

Kindergarten “redshirting”—when a parent decides to delay the start of their child’s academic career by a year—was once largely a choice made by higher-income parents of white boys. But the COVID-19 ...

GROTON, CT (WFSB) - A new law in Connecticut has changed when children begin kindergarten. A child must be 5 years old by Sept. 1 to enter public elementary school. It left parents of younger children ...

PATRICK THIS MEANS IN THE WAUWATOSA SCHOOL DISTRICT, STUDENTS WILL START LEARNING ABOUT SEX ED AS EARLY AS KINDERGARTEN. THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WAS HERE AT THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICES AND INSIDE IT ...

Two students in Danielle Adler’s kindergarten class at Marcus Hook Elementary School in Marcus Hook, Pa., prepare for an addition problem. Credit: Holly Korbey for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...