Administered by the U.S. Census Bureau, the federal survey offers a glimpse into school readiness by collecting responses ...

New federal data shows about two-thirds of the nation’s 3- to 5-year-olds are on track to enter kindergarten. The effort to ...

About two-thirds of California’s children ages 3 to 5 are considered to be “on track,” per new data, but measures of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ANNISTON — Early childhood education plays a pivotal role in a child's development, laying a crucial foundation for future success ...

“The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind–creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers and meaning makers. These people–artists, inventors, designers, ...

With the start of the school year looming, some parents will choose to delay the start of their child’s educational experience, keeping them in day care or out of school entirely for another year. As ...

When you think back to your own kindergarten experience, it probably involved a half-day program and plenty of fun activities — finger painting, sand play and nap time. Likely the hardest parts were ...

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INDIANA (WSBT) — There is growing acceptance that quality preschool has long-term impacts well into elementary school. At the very least, Pre-K gives kids a head start before Kindergarten. Now, ...