'Redshirt' Your Kids? Study Adds Fuel to a Complicated Debate
Older-than-grade children have higher test scores and college attendance rates, but an author warns against using those findings to make decisions on holding a child back.
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August 21, 2017
August 18, 2017
Full-Day Kindergarten Students Do Better Than Half-Day Students, Analysis Finds
A Canadian researcher who followed students from kindergarten to 2nd grade found that those who took full-day kindergarten scored better in reading, math, and executive function than their peers who had half-day kindergarten.
June 23, 2017
New Hampshire Gambles on Big Payout for Full-Day Kindergarten
The Granite State has legalized Keno gambling and plans to tax the machines to partially fund full-day kindergarten for the state's 5-year-olds.
May 16, 2017
Preschool Curriculum Creator Extends Reach to Kindergarten
Countering a trend of pushing elementary-style academics down to younger children, a preschool curriculum creator has developed a course of study intended for kindergarten students.
February 26, 2016
How One North Carolina District Leader Put Play First
As a district leader in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, N.C., schools, Steve Oates has made engaging classrooms for young learners a priority.
January 28, 2015
Bill Would Make Kindergarten Mandatory in Mississippi
If a measure currently before the state's legislature passes, Mississippi will become the 16th state to require that children attend kindergarten.
January 15, 2015
To Read Or Not To Read? That Is The Kindergarten Question
A new report out by the advocacy organization Defending the Early Years calls the Kindergarten common-core standard that children should be able to read emergent texts developmentally inappropriate.
December 11, 2014
State Early Literacy Policies and Changes to Watch for in 2015
Where do things stand now in terms of how many states have required reading assessments, interventions, and retention?
December 01, 2014
Georgia to Create New Kindergarten-Entry Assessment
Plans call for a new assessment, known as a "kindergarten-entry profile," to be introduced statewide in 2017.
November 25, 2014
Full-Day Kindergarten Offers Students Critical Advantage
Children in full-day kindergarten programs made much bigger leaps in early reading skills than their schoolmates attending traditional half-day programs, according to a new University of Virginia study.
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