Three years ago, Cabarrus County Schools began emphasizing play in kindergarten. Now, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools parents ...

Conversation around holding a child back in kindergarten is everywhere — but the rate of children actually getting a delayed ...

Kindergarten is a German word that translates to “children’s garden” and reflects the idea that young learners need to be cared for and nurtured in order to grow. At Achievement First, this nurturing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report. ASTON, Pa.— In Jodie Murphy’s kindergarten class, math lessons go ...

Paola Aramendiz was worried about her son. At 2-years-old, Daniel still wasn’t saying words and sentences. Aramendiz, who emigrated from Colombia, didn’t know where to turn to get help. She and her ...

This post is by Kathleen Cushman. Her most recent book, with WKCD colleague Barbara Cervone, is Belonging and Becoming: The Power of Social and Emotional Learning in High Schools (Harvard Education ...

How do preschools best ensure that children are learning to get along with others, handle their emotions, focus on a specific task, and persist despite facing challenges? That’s the question ...

The former students remember the goldfish crackers, cheese cubes and playing on the playground. Their parents remember how much their children were loved and nurtured — and how they entered first ...

Be sure that your preschool is asking kids to be responsible for their lunches, snacks and gear from home. “By the end of preschool, most kids can take on full responsibility for all of three items,” ...