COLUMBUS, Ohio - Fewer Ohio kindergarteners demonstrated readiness for school in the 2023-2024 school year compared 2020-2021, around the time the COVID-19 pandemic started, a new report showed. The ...

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Kindergarten “redshirting”—when a parent decides to delay the start of their child’s academic career by a year—was once largely a choice made by higher-income parents of white boys. But the COVID-19 ...

Abdiel, 4, celebrates his birthday during his first week of transitional kindergarten at Bill Libbon Elementary School in Santa Maria. Credit: Nick Forselles / Noozhawk photo On a sunny morning in ...

When Krystyna Kalishevskyi emigrated from Ukraine with her family last year, she had experienced more trauma and fear than a 4-year-old can cope with. Going to school in California was a big challenge ...

Yelena Hagooli has done everything possible to give her 4-year-old son the best start in life. She took him to the library every week, fed him the healthiest foods, left her job to care for him, and ...

New findings from the University of Virginia show children who attended public Montessori preschool demonstrated better reading ability, executive function, short-term memory and social understanding ...

Early preschool applications for the upcoming school year are breaking records for a program with 42,862 four-year-olds enrolled statewide. As of Monday, the program had received 12,886 applications.