Parents of children in need of therapy say they're watching their kids pay the price of the lack of support before ...

My first child was born during what I like to call the height of COVID. The pre-vaccine era, when we were still wiping down ...

"I always encourage families to establish consistent routines and assign simple chores also that help to build responsibility ...

Despite the absence of updated analysis of federal data on kindergarten expectations, teachers say that standards have continued on a more academically accelerated trajectory, even as a fair number of ...

One child is heard gasping and exclaiming, "Did Abraham Lincoln die?" as the rest of the class erupts into tears. Cal, ...

Studies show being read to daily at home is a key predictor of future success in school. This ongoing program at the Newton ...

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Boys tend to start kindergarten less prepared, academically and behaviorally, than girls — and it can affect their achievement in the long term.To close the gap, one idea already in use by some ...

Coming back to my kindergarten class from 25 years ago, while no one objected to Three Days on the River in a Red Canoe, there were times that year when families did challenge the curriculum ...

Michael Olenick, a lifelong advocate for children and families, worries that the educational system pits one age group of ...

Bridging the education achievement gap remains the top priority of the Empowerment Zone’s Family Learning Center in east ...

A PRESCHOOL in Colchester has been praised for providing a “calm, loving, and nurturing environment, a new educational watchdog report says.