As school districts across Washington integrate the new Common Core State Standards in reading and math into their curricula, some kindergarten teachers say the standards are squeezing out other ...

Recently published research is calling Common Core developmentally inappropriate for young learners — something a local pediatric occupational therapist and mom has been saying in her fight against ...

Sandwiched between preschool and first grade, kindergarteners often start school at very different stages of development depending on their exposure to preschool, home environments and biology. For ...

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 ...

A new report out by the advocacy organization Defending the Early Years calls the Kindergarten Common Core Standard that children should be able to read emergent texts developmentally inappropriate.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Remember kindergarten? The songs and stories, naps and snacks. They’re still part of a 5-year-old’s day, but so are reading, math and science. And school districts are finding that’s too much to cram ...