More than 43,000 North Carolina kindergarten through third graders are meeting benchmarks in reading, compared to last year, new data shows. It's a sign of academic improvement as the state -- and ...

Children who attended local Preschool Promise-affiliated programs scored significantly higher in kindergarten readiness than their non-attending peers, according to state data recently analyzed by the ...

In a light and airy classroom at Early Partners preschool, in a renovated firehouse in New Orleans' Lower Garden District, three little boys are playing with blocks. Towers and walls rise from the ...

“She loves school because of this wonderful preschool experience!” wrote one parent on an end-of-year survey. Other parents shared similar sentiments on their own surveys, many noting in detail how ...

GREENWICH — Because Greenwich had fewer births in 2019 and the state now has a new age cutoff for kids to be able to enter kindergarten, the district saw its kindergarten enrollment number decline ...

When Shanna Robinson teaches the preschoolers at her House of Prayers Learning Center, she and the teachers she employs take special care to make sure the children are ready for kindergarten, despite ...

Amid the pandemic, the number of young children attending preschool has dropped to its lowest level in more than a quarter century. The decline threatens to derail decades of improvements in school ...

Deedee Buscher was “completely shocked” when she saw reports recently regarding kindergarten readiness in the Aurora area and statewide. “I was surprised because I would say the feedback I get from my ...