This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report. ASTON, Pa.— In Jodie Murphy’s kindergarten class, math lessons go beyond the basics of counting and recognizing numbers. On a recent ...

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Kindergarten teachers report spending much of their math instructional time teaching students basic counting skills and how to recognize geometric shapes -— skills the students have already mastered ...

California students who attended transitional kindergarten were more engaged in the learning process and better prepared for math and reading when they entered kindergarten than children who did not, ...

Kindergarten in the United States is not what it used to be. For one thing, it’s longer. In 1998, only about 56 percent of children attended full-day kindergarten. Today, that figure is 80 percent, ...

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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Break out the crayons and finger paint: Every 4-year-old in California is now eligible for transitional kindergarten.

West Bloomfield Township — Nineteen tiny children sitting cross-legged on a vibrant rug in their classroom are learning about math, one color pattern at a time. "Orange, yellow, orange, yellow," says ...

Walking into the new preschool classroom at Allendale Elementary School recently, Principal Lynn Taylor is excited: It’s the first time she has been in the space since the former science classroom was ...