Two new initiatives are evaluating preschool curricula, making the case that programs designed to teach the youngest learners ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kindergarten helps children learn important skills like reading, writing, and counting. Parents can support their child’s learning ...

Teachers can help students develop phonemic awareness with these playful activities that engage multiple sensory pathways.

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.

Millions of children will grab lunchboxes, backpacks and rolling bags and head to their first day of kindergarten this year. Some will go for a half day and some for a full. Some will attend private ...

A new national study provides some of the strongest evidence to date to support what many educators and parents of young children already believe: Children learn more in full-day kindergarten programs ...

Jamie Aranda has seen her twin daughters’ confidence and early learning improve by leaps and bounds since they were enrolled in preschool in August in Santa Fe. Before, the 3-year-olds were quiet and ...

Notions about how the American education system should function, from kindergarten to college, are changing. The very idea of constructs such as grade levels, and a rigid division between high school ...