Filling a child’s new backpack with a box of crayons and school supplies is part of the bittersweet ritual of preparing a kindergartener for the first day of school. What parents may not realize is ...

Parents visiting their children’s kindergarten class for the first time may think they’ve arrived at the wrong room, especially if they expect it to resemble the kindergarten they attended as ...

When Sunny Lee’s son was ready for kindergarten in 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic had just begun. His school in Pleasanton, an eastern suburb of the San Francisco Bay, was holding classes online, like ...

The kindergarten year can be a critical one—setting the tone for students and influencing their academic success in elementary school and beyond. But of the 4 million children who will start ...

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 ...

I worried about kindergarten readiness, but chose an intergenerational preschool that pairs kids with dementia patients.

This research was made possible by a research grant from the Region of Peel awarded to Professor Janette Pelletier and by a SSHRC Insight Grant # 435-2015-0441 awarded to Professors Janette Pelletier ...

This story about kindergarten enrollment was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. On April 20, Kentwood ...

CalMatters reports California's free preschool expansion has led to a decline in private daycares, threatening childcare ...