While Alberta says Bill 6 will strengthen early literacy, the plan doesn’t measure the broader skills essential for reading ...

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is inheriting a public school system that has made some progress in student learning but ...

Kindergarten students recently put their thinking skills to work while learning how to compare and contrast in a fun and ...

Monthly Themed Book Bags: Discover something new each month. Each bag includes a hand-picked book (chapter book for a child), a short note about the month’s theme, and a small surprise gift. Return ...

California is expanding its transitional kindergarten (TK) to a universal prekindergarten (UPK) system, and must learn from ...

WELLINGTON, Colo. — Throughout 2025, the viral slang term and meme “6-7” became one of the most repeated phrases among young kids. People say they’ve heard it everywhere. Now, this simple social media ...

Parents visiting their children’s kindergarten class for the first time may think they’ve arrived at the wrong room, especially if they expect it to resemble the kindergarten they attended as ...

The law comes on the heels of a host of other literacy initiatives, including mandatory dyslexia screening and universal transitional kindergarten. California took a big step toward overhauling its ...

Students in class at Lake Marie Elementary School in Whittier, on Nov. 17, 2022. (Photo by Lauren Justice/For Cal Matters) This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their ...

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