As kindergarten ratchets up academics, parents feel the stress Studies show kindergarten has increased rigor as districts face standardized exams, and many parents fret over whether their children are ready to start school.

How Are Kindergarten Teachers Balancing More Rigorous Standards? Veteran kindergarten teachers aren't worried that the content in kindergarten is too difficult, but they do say far too much has been packed into everyday. It's not developmentally appropriate.

I Don't Want My Son To Read In Kindergarten I remember few details from kindergarten: a giant slide in the middle of our classroom, a mid-year visit by Smokey the Bear, the gentle voice and red hai...

4 Things Worse Than Not Learning to Read in Kindergarten The year Sam started kindergarten, he turned 6 in October. He was one of the oldest children in his class, and he didn't know how to read. When he starte...

A new kind of kindergarten design encourages kids to be their silly selves. Thinking about what young students really need caused a major do-over for what a kindergarten could look like.

To a Fellow Kindergarten Mom Little girls who started kindergarten over thirty years ago, in separate schools, in separate states, now have little boys starting kindergarten together in this same school, in this same state. And you know what, mama: We can do this together.

To a Fellow Kindergarten Mom Little girls who started kindergarten over thirty years ago, in separate schools, in separate states, now have little boys starting kindergarten together in this same school, in this same state. And you know what, mama: We can do this together.

It's true: Kindergarten is optional in California Some kids who skip kindergarten have to play catch-up when they enter first grade: to learn how to hold a pencil, count to 100 and begin tackling spelling.

This Kindergarten Class Makes Madonna Music Videos And They Are Iconic I stan for Mr. Avina's kindergarten class.

4 Surprising Reasons Why Preschool and Kindergarten Must Change We need to take a serious look at our Pre-K and Kindergarten programs before we have a generation of students so far behind they will never catch up.