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 ...

This is the fourth in a series of stories on the challenges impacting California’s efforts to offer high-quality instruction to all 4-year-olds by 2025. Transitional kindergarten for all 4-year-olds ...

“The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind–creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers and meaning makers. These people–artists, inventors, designers, ...

Every child is unique, so how long it takes for them to get used to this big transition very much depends on who your child is. "The amount of time it takes for kids to adjust to kindergarten varies ...

Torrance Elementary School has added four additional four new classrooms and a playground for their TK and kindergarten ...

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 ...

Some teachers are making the switch from private preschools to transitional kindergarten. Others come from upper grades. Many ...

It didn’t take more than one day of virtual kindergarten for Ryan Greenberg’s 5-year-old daughter, Samantha, to break down in tears, begging to go back to regular school where she could see other kids ...

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. CHICAGO—To ...

Whether you’re hoping to get a head start, trying to avoid the fees associated with preschool or looking for ways to keep your preschooler engaged while at home, setting up an educational play space ...