Silas McLellan, a kindergartner in a play-based learning class, plays with toy blocks during Choice Time at Symonds ...

When we talk about improving student achievement, the focus often lands on what happens inside schools: test scores, ...

It’s that time of year when kindergartners proudly march across the stage to receive a certification of completion, enjoy the summer, and look ahead to 1st grade. This transition once represented a ...

California schools will begin screening kindergartners and first- and second- graders for dyslexia to combat the state's low ...

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...

Reading aloud is a wonderful way to build a love of stories and language. But listening to books does not, on its own, teach most children how to read. Only about 5 percent of students will learn to ...

When Krystyna Kalishevskyi emigrated from Ukraine with her family last year, she had experienced more trauma and fear than a 4-year-old can cope with. Going to school in California was a big challenge ...

The first national randomized trial of public Montessori preschool students showed stronger long-term outcomes by ...

Learning to read isn't always easy for kids. Volunteers are needed for a Sacramento-area kindergarten reading program.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has approved Assembly Bill 1454, which provides elementary school teachers with training in ...

The law comes on the heels of a host of other literacy initiatives, including mandatory dyslexia screening and universal ...