Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of children will grab lunchboxes, backpacks and rolling bags and head to their first day of kindergarten this year. Some ...

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.

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 ...

EdSource · When teens counsel teens: Why peer support programs are growing In the summer of 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the rollout of universal preschool across the state of California through ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. EVERETT, Wash. — ...

Leon County Schools has invested in early learning facilities to help ensure students are prepared for Kindergarten. The ...

By Susan Shinn Turner For St. John’s Lutheran Church The former students remember the goldfish crackers, cheese cubes and playing on the playground. Their parents remember how much their children […] ...

Many California parents are opting out of kindergarten this year, due to concerns about whether distance learning or attending school for the first time with strangers in masks will be good for ...

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 ...

Sacred Heart Schools Chicago has an exciting addition: a preschool makeover! Designed with a focus on fun, purposeful play and social-emotional growth, the preschool has moved from its current ...

PITTSFIELD — When Melissa Fawcett and her husband were looking for options for their young son, the child care programs they found kept coming up short. So, the Fawcetts set out to make the program ...