With national studies showing academic success of children in later years depends heavily upon their readiness for kindergarten, a Tyler group has developed a kindergarten readiness checklist to help ...

Before a child enters kindergarten, parents must comply with Michigan law by registering the child’s birth certificate and proof of immunizations with the school district. Children entering ...

We have learned through research if children receive a high-quality early childhood education, they are more likely to succeed in school, graduate, and enter the skilled workforce, earning higher ...

When the school year began, Jana Newell’s assessments of the 20 children in her class showed that just four had the skills necessary for the busy pace of kindergarten at Sunnymede Elementary School in ...

Ready or not, incoming kindergarteners are now entering the world of formal education, raising the question: What truly defines kindergarten readiness? Individual kindergarten-readiness “checklists” ...

The rules keep changing for how kindergarten readiness is measured in Florida. Here is an at-a-glance look at changes over the years: — 1997-1999: Each of Florida’s 67 counties uses its own system to ...