Parents of kids on the cusp of kindergarten have to weigh school readiness against daycare costs. But bow does early school ...

Incoming kindergarteners get an “on-ramp” to elementary school as part of Oregon's Jump Start Kindergarten Program. Four years ago this month, one of the most devastating wildfires in Oregon’s history ...

Pennsylvania is using a new kindergarten-entrance assessment this fall, and a review of the way it’s handling the project points to key challenges states face as they use tests to gauge what students ...

Student Tyler Madrid, center, raises his hand to answer a question in Julie Celestial's kindergarten class as they work on a literacy lesson at Mark Twain Elementary School in Long Beach in May.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has tried for years to get state lawmakers to approve universal preschool in the state. But ...

We'relooking into how the city of Chattanooga is taking action to make sure children are ready for early education.That's ...

Persistent gaps in kindergarten readiness between children from low-income families and their higher-income peers — which have continued as ongoing achievement gaps in later years — appear to be ...