The days when kindergarten focused on playing and finger painting may be waning, as early-learning classrooms devote significantly more attention to preparing students to read, according to a new ...

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Kindergarten classrooms nationwide have changed dramatically since the late 1990s and nearly all of these changes are in the direction of a heightened focus on academics, particularly literacy, ...

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 ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - It’s that time of year again - school registration ahead of summer break. For some parents, this will be the first time they register their children, and as many know, ...

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 ...

Kindergarten students at Scotts Ridge Elementary in Apex get a lesson from teacher Holly Berk on March 7, 2022. Travis Long [email protected] North Carolina lawmakers received some encouraging ...

Long before the first day of school in first grade, some children may be far behind their peers. That was true even before the pandemic, but a heightened awareness of learning loss has added a sense ...

Gracie Murphy is not shy. Talking to an adult she just met, the 6-year-old Skokie girl improvises a conversation between two tubes of sunscreen — “Hello! My name is Husband! Hello! My name is Wife!” ...

North Carolina lawmakers received some encouraging news Monday that the state’s youngest students are recovering from pandemic learning loss. State Superintendent Catherine Truitt presented ...

“What are some of the things that the monsters like to eat in this story?” teacher Marisa McGee asks a trio of girls sitting at her table. McGee teaches kindergarten at Walker Jones Elementary in ...