While kindergarten is meant to be a gentle, low-stress introduction to formal schooling, it’s a critically important milestone for little learners, who are developing at an astounding pace.

Criteria generally emphasize a child’s health and motor skills, social-emotional development, cognition, language development ...

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While there's growing interest in assessing school readiness, education experts differ on what to measure and how. Here's ...

Kindergarten readiness paves the way for future academic milestones like learning to read. Texas leaders want to see ...

Many California parents are opting out of kindergarten this year, due to concerns about whether distance learning or attending school for the first time with strangers in masks will be good for ...