As pressure to raise scores on standardized tests has trickled down to the lower grades, kindergarten and even pre-kindergarten classrooms have focused more on academic skills. But debating whether a ...

There’s a new kid in town, and it’s already making a lot of friends. It’s the O2B Kids! pre-school in Sartell.

What is the best thing a parent can do to help their child succeed in kindergarten? Put them on the path for success. Kindergarten teachers are effective at teaching skills such as reading and math.

The push to expand pre-kindergarten programs is on. Last school year, public pre-K programs received their biggest-ever boost in state funding. Enrollment in state pre-K programs nationwide increased ...

Mississippi Invests in Two Pre-Kindergarten Programs to Help Prepare Kids for School PETAL, Miss. (AP) — Preschoolers kneel on a kaleidoscope rug, their clumsy hands reaching for wooden blocks, little ...

Dale Farran, a researcher who spent a decade studying over a thousand kids who went to a state-run pre-kindergarten—and a control group of kids that wanted to, but didn't get in—is shocked and ...

Chancey Anderson, the principal of Prodeo Academy, and Rick Campion, the school's executive director, standing among moving boxes in the hallway at the school's current location. MinnPost’s reporters ...

Louisiana school enrollment is down more than 2%, much of that from pre-K and kindergarten students "redshirting" during the pandemic, and some worry this will put kids even further behind come fall.

Gregory-Portland ISD opened a new Early Childhood Center to house all pre-K and kindergarten students. Texas offers free pre-K to eligible students, but funding is not guaranteed for all. G-PISD saw ...

Note: This is a corrected version of this story. State education officials say recently released fall scores from Mississippi's kindergarten readiness test show students who attended public or private ...