In the not-too-distant past, the kindergarten classrooms at Pleasant Grove Elementary in Heflin, Ala., looked much the same as classrooms for older children. Desks were arranged in rows. Children ...

A federal grant program in the works to help states jump-start kindergarten-entry assessments is renewing debate among early-childhood educators about the benefits and pitfalls of evaluating young ...

Every fall from 2013 to 2019, incoming Oregon kindergartners met one-on-one with their teachers, for gentle state-mandated checks on their literacy and math skills. The meetings, which took place ...

A rigorous new kindergarten curriculum and assessment program in Montgomery County public schools has produced data showing significant gains in reading skills among the district's 9,000 ...

In this 2012 file photo, teacher Jessika Evers meets with new kindergartner Delila Ortiz Ponce at Gilbert Park Elementary. Gilbert Park Elementary was one of the schools that piloted the kindergarten ...

(Reuters Health) - Boys whose teachers find them antisocial in kindergarten may have lower income as adults than their classmates who don't have behavior problems, a Canadian study suggests.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – For the first time, a Franklin County nonprofit has access to data that could be an important step in addressing the kindergarten readiness crisis. More than half the kids in ...

Oregon’s achievement gap between white students and children of color shows up in kindergarten, according to scores out Thursday. Harrison Park teacher Donna Shinagawa quizzes incoming kindergarten ...

Only about a quarter of Illinois kindergarten students are ready for school in three key developmental areas, according to the results of a state assessment report released Tuesday. The 2018-19 ...

FILE PHOTO: A child's handwriting on a whiteboard is seen in a kindergarten class at Walsh Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois, March 1, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. I was chatting to a couple of children at work the other day. Let's call them Joshua and Lilly. They are in kindergarten and, with two ...