GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The first day of kindergarten is an exciting and emotional day for parents and their new scholars. Some parents dropping off at Kent Hills Elementary on Monday, however, left ...

An Israeli kindergarten class was spared from a Hezbollah drone that blew up in their classroom when their teachers made a quick decision to take shelter after hearing faint sirens. Sarah Yasour, a ...

Farrah Wood’s two children had very different kindergarten experiences in Folsom Cordova Unified School District based simply on how much time they spent in class. Her older daughter had a full-day ...

Unlike older students, kindergartners often start the school year as cute little blank slates to their teachers. In many cases, those teachers have no more to go on when assigning children to classes ...

As a result of a new state law, California schools instituted transitional kindergarten to give 4-year-olds who were previously eligible for kindergarten an extra year to adjust to school and ...

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My daughter's December birthday meant that she would be among the youngest in her kindergarten class. When you become a parent, time seems to warp into lightning speed. After years of infertility and ...

SUMTER, S.C. — When was the last time you saw your kindergarten classmates? Well, imagine seeing them 50 years after graduating kindergarten. In 1972, Mrs. Rose Ford's kindergarteners sat for a class ...

When a new California law began requiring kindergartners to be 5 by Sept. 1, lawmakers launched a full-year transitional kindergarten program for children who used to be eligible for that class – ...

Lansing — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday it's not appropriate for kindergarten classes to have 30 students in them after a Detroit News investigation documented class sizes across Michigan that ...