In math, kindergartners focus on learning numbers and what numbers represent, then learn about addition and subtraction. Students also identify and work with shapes. In English, students learn the ...

There is much wrong with American kindergartens—but Common Core State Standards are not to blame. If interpreted correctly, Common Core standards for literacy enable us to help enhance the ...

This is the second in a two-part series. Part one can be found here. The debate over what early math should look like and what should be included in the Common Core State Standards for math is one of ...

Many researchers have made a case for the importance of high-quality early education, and how it can lead to later academic success and general success in life. So, a piece in Sunday's Ideas section ...

Mayor Murray proposes $58 million levy to pay for pre-K: Seattle Mayor Ed Murray unveiled his plan Thursday for expanding free preschool with a $58 million property tax levy. Under the proposal, the ...

Seabrook teachers and school officials have been making the case for full-day kindergarten with "The Gift of Time," a PowerPoint pitch that maps out the purported academic and social benefits ...

On my daughter’s first day of kindergarten 25 years ago, I was thrilled to see a door from the classroom that led straight to a sunny playground. But as the days passed, that door seldom opened: her ...

EARLY READING GAPS: Since so much of young learning happens at home, five-year-olds enter preschool with a wide range of developmental stages. Common Core state standards, however, suggest that these ...

Common Core has been discussed from a number of angles from how much data it requires school districts to collect to whether or not it takes away the chance for school districts and teachers to ...

Last spring, Susan Sluyter quit teaching kindergarten in the Cambridge Public Schools. She’d spent nearly two decades in the classroom, and her departure wasn’t a happy one. In a resignation letter, ...