It’s that time of year when kindergartners proudly march across the stage to receive a certification of completion, enjoy the summer, and look ahead to 1st grade. This transition once represented a ...

January 22, 2026 - Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention. This story is part of a special series on ...

New federal data shows about two-thirds of the nation’s 3- to 5-year-olds are on track to enter kindergarten. The effort to ...

Kristin Meredith always knew she was destined to work with kids, but she didn’t expect to find her place in a classroom surrounded by 5-year-olds. Now, 21 years later, she can’t imagine finding a more ...

In the past, when someone new came into his kindergarten classroom to provide unsolicited “support,” the author’s immediate thought was always, “OK, great, what are they trying to sell me?” A literacy ...