The Minnesota Department of Education is set to start a new kindergarten assessment pilot program this fall that will observe ...

The Minnesota Department of Education says it’s partnering on a new kindergarten fall assessment that will begin with a pilot ...

Screening knowledge of letters, sounds, naming, and word pattern skills at the kindergarten level predicts the risk for dyslexia in grades 1 and 4.

Many parents think holding back their children in kindergarten gives them a academic and social boost, but the effects don’t ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego Unified School District leaders Monday announced that free transitional kindergarten is being expanded for the next school year with the addition of nine new classrooms and 180 ...

San Diego Unified School District leaders Monday announced that free transitional kindergarten is being expanded for the next school year with the addition of nine new classrooms and 180 additional ...

The government has pledged 15 hours of free kindergarten for three-year-olds and 30 hours for four-year-olds by 2036, requiring 11,000 additional kindergarten teachers. But workers say expectations of ...

There were once so many children at Frisha Moore's Elk Grove preschool that families filled up the waitlist. Now, one of her playgrounds and two classrooms sit empty because one key group of kids has ...

Gov. Newsom Expanded Free Preschool. Now Private Daycares Say They Can’t Afford to Stay Open There were once so many children at Frisha Moore’s Elk Grove preschool that families filled up the waitlist ...

Amanda Smith, a behavioral specialist, tends to a child at Moore Learning Preschool and Childcare Center in Elk Grove on Feb. 6, 2026. (Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters) This story was ...

New federal data shows about two-thirds of the nation’s 3- to 5-year-olds are on track to enter kindergarten. But being ready for school involves a lot more than a child’s ability to count or recite ...