When you think back to your own kindergarten experience, it probably involved a half-day program and plenty of fun activities — finger painting, sand play and nap time. Likely the hardest parts were ...

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 ...

While there's growing interest in assessing school readiness, education experts differ on what to measure and how. Here's ...

Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...

A new nationwide study has found that children entering first grade in 2013 had significantly better reading skills than similar students had just 12 years earlier. Researchers say this means that in ...

ABILENE, Texas — The Main Abilene Library has a nationally recognized initiative, 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten, to help promote learning in children before they reach kindergarten. The mother of ...

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

Waterford Upstart, a free early education program, is partnering with state agencies to help children build reading, math and science skills before starting school. Waterford Upstart is a free early ...

EdSource · How a California professor once coded secrets in music (rebroadcast) Many California parents dreaded returning to remote learning last fall, but they did it anyway, holding onto hopes of ...