When you think back to your own kindergarten experience, it probably involved a half-day program and plenty of fun activities — finger painting, sand play and nap time. Likely the hardest parts were ...

High school students command the classroom, learning hands-on what a career in childhood education requires at the Heartland Tech preschool.

A new nationwide study has found that children entering first grade in 2013 had significantly better reading skills than similar students had just 12 years earlier. Researchers say this means that in ...

As registration season approaches, San Antonio early childhood provider says true readiness goes beyond ABCs—and ...

Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...

Vanessa Silver, who tutors young children with dyslexia, works with Liina Yerro, 9, in Granada Hills. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) This year, for the first time, California schools will be ...

Ohio Department of Children and Youth will use a federal grant worth $14.7 million to strengthen the child care-to-kindergarten system, though future program funding remains uncertain.

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- Reading levels are lagging in Brown County, and more broadly in Wisconsin. Now, the Brown County Library is delivering its services directly into the hands of parents. The Text and ...

While there's growing interest in assessing school readiness, education experts differ on what to measure and how. Here's ...

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