Kindergarten wasn’t what Kimberley Asselin expected when the school year started last fall — and, unfortunately, that turned out to be a bad thing. Asselin, a first-year teacher in Virginia who had ...

WEBVTT EVERY FALL - THOUSANDS OF METRO KIDS EXPERIENCE THEIR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. STATE LAW SAYS THE STUDENT MUST BE FIVE YEARS OLD BY JULY 31ST TO START KINDERGARTEN. BUT WHAT IF YOUR CHILD IS READY ...

Maryland Del. Haven Shoemaker, R-District 5, has proposed a bill that would place a moratorium on implementing standardized state testing in pre-kindergarten. Such testing is reportedly only in the ...

Gov. Rick Snyder's proposal to boost third-grade reading includes one plan sure to rankle some: Testing kindergartners to gauge the effectiveness of the state's investment in preschool programs. "The ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - On Wednesday, March 11, parents will gather at the Public Museum to learn more about the kindergarten choices available in Grand Rapids Public Schools. Parents can learn about ...

The legislation requires children to be 5 years old by the first day of school, replacing the current system that allows ...

Cross-posted from State EdWatch. Maryland legislators voted Monday for the state to administer a controversial assessment of kindergartners only to a sampling of students, rather than the entire state ...

The health care system in California could save nearly $1.3 million a year with few adverse public health effects if it discontinued universal tuberculosis skin testing of children entering ...

VICKSBURG, MI -- Vicksburg Community Schools is expanding previous environmental testing of a kindergarten classroom at Sunset Lake Elementary after concerns posted on social media suggesting recent ...

Kindergarten has already begun for some children, but for others preparation is just beginning. Some parents prepare their children a few months in advance, others a year, and still others a couple of ...