In most states, schools are required to screen students as they enter kindergarten - a process that is meant to identify ...

Universal TK provides a free, high-quality preschool option for all California families with 4-year-olds. This is critical in terms of access and affordability and ensures that more families can ...

California students who attended transitional kindergarten were more engaged in the learning process and better prepared for math and reading when they entered kindergarten than children who did not, ...

The debate over the most effective models for early childhood education is a longstanding one. While the benefits of ...

Children who attend preschool do better in kindergarten than those who stay at home with their parents or relatives, according to a national report. The federal data, which focused on children who ...

Do the common-core standards demand too much of kindergarten readers?, asks a new piece this week from KQED’s Mind/Shift. It’s a debate we’ve heard before. Much of the back-and-forth centers around ...

Giuliana Tapia was way behind her classmates. She was just 5 years old, starting kindergarten at Telesis Academy of Science and Math in West Covina. At a kindergarten screening two months before her ...

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 ...

But a closer look at that population shows that children from disadvantaged households aren’t picking up higher-level skills as quickly as their peers from more advantaged families. “We see a very ...

As a kindergarten teacher, Derrick Criner knows that progress is a process and trying new things may lead to enriching experiences. Initially, the 2013 Glacier High School grad thought he would go ...