As part of Bellefonte Area School District’s new English Language Arts curriculum, kindergarten students have been exploring agriculture and life on the farm. To introduce the unit, kindergartners in ...

Preschool for All, Multnomah County’s initiative to provide universal preschool to every child who wants it by 2030, now sits on close to $610 million, marking another year in which the program has ...

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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 ...

Experts say parents should start building literacy skills before a child enters kindergarten. Engaging children in conversation and asking open-ended questions builds crucial language skills. Parents ...

Morgan Barnaby / OPB Preschool For All supporters, clad in yellow and holding signs that read “Universal Preschool Now,” came out in droves to defend Multnomah County’s preschool program at a public ...

Last week, Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read released results of an Audits Division investigation that found four preschools squandered hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars meant to provide ...

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a series of laws this week that will end the era of half-day kindergarten in New Jersey for good and continue a massive expansion of pre-K across the state long after he leaves ...

Oregon Senate Bill 106 saw a flurry of activity earlier this week, including a last-minute amendment that sought to sunset the universal preschool program and a hastily called legislative meeting ...

The idea, known as “redshirting,” has downsides, but proponents say it could help close a persistent gender gap in education. By Claire Cain Miller Claire Cain Miller is working on a series of ...

As the expectations for kindergarten have risen, the changes have put boys, who tend to mature later, at a disadvantage. By Claire Cain Miller Claire Cain Miller is working on a series of articles ...