I’m the mom of a kid with a right-against-the-registration-cutoff birthday who didn’t wait for the next school year. My husband’s reasons and mine were manifold (we’re both teachers; our child was ...

Parents of preschoolers in Batavia School District 101 shouldn’t make plans to enroll their children in full-day kindergarten when they turn 5, even though the Board of Education is debating whether ...

The state Department of Education sees it this way: A lot of kids these days are coming to kindergarten without much experience. They need help with vocabulary. They need assistance with social skills ...

An Austin public schools feasibility study team on Thursday offered the positives and negatives of implementing all-day kindergarten. It helps parents solve the problem of afternoon day care. It ...

Jim Buehler spoke to the Lincoln Board of Education Tuesday about all-day kindergarten, while the reason he was there wiggled near the microphone. Jared, his 5-year-old special needs child, will be ...

COOPERSVILLE — In addition to finances, the school district should consider many other issues before deciding whether to add all-day, every-day kindergarten, said Principal Marie DeGroot. If the ...