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 ...

The new, age-appropriate jungle gym has not yet arrived at Discovery Early Learning in Yakima, but that was of little concern to the two dozen students enjoying afternoon playtime Tuesday. One girl ...

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 ...

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

Every 4-year-old in California can now go to school for free in their local districts. The new grade is called transitional kindergarten — or TK — and it's part of the state’s effort to expand ...

Why have the majority of districts in southeastern Minnesota gone to all-day, every-day kindergarten? Jerry Reshetar, superintendent of Grand Meadow public schools, said research consistently shows ...

HOCKINSON — In groups of four, Shawn Spears ushered his young students to choose their adventure in the classroom Tuesday afternoon. Drawing, playing with dinosaurs, practicing cutting shapes — it ...

Maya Dennis is excited. She just mastered writing a lowercase letter “f” and she knows it. “I’m doing a great job!” the kindergartener shouts excitedly to no one in particular, though her tablemates ...