Teacher Emily Dirks looked out onto a sea of young faces attached to squiggly, squirming mostly 5-year-old bodies. “Ran-Dan,” she said. “Does that rhyme? Thumbs up or down?” “No!” said the group of ...

Yelena Hagooli has done everything possible to give her 4-year-old son the best start in life. She took him to the library every week, fed him the healthiest foods, left her job to care for him, and ...

My son's path to kindergarten hasn't exactly been silky smooth. First, there was his preschool's kindergarten readiness test, which he refused to even take, telling his teacher that he "didn't know ...

September 18, 2025 - Meet Allison Saiki, who teaches students how to manage money, pay rent and open retirement accounts, with a class currency she calls "Saiki Cents." When a new California law began ...

Farrah Wood’s two children had very different kindergarten experiences in Folsom Cordova Unified School District based simply on how much time they spent in class. Her older daughter had a full-day ...

As a result of a new state law, California schools instituted transitional kindergarten to give 4-year-olds who were previously eligible for kindergarten an extra year to adjust to school and ...

Students at this elementary school greet each other with a smile before starting their day Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at PEOPLE's Los Angeles ...

An Israeli kindergarten class was spared from a Hezbollah drone that blew up in their classroom when their teachers made a quick decision to take shelter after hearing faint sirens. Sarah Yasour, a ...

At first, Paul Kunz didn’t worry when his son’s elementary school warned that his kindergarten class might be larger than expected. He assumed the problem – 21 kids in the room – would be fixed in the ...