This article is the first in a series of stories the Herald-Zeitung will pursue in 2026 surrounding the Early Matters New Braunfels initiative and the various challenges that ...

Filling a child’s new backpack with a box of crayons and school supplies is part of the bittersweet ritual of preparing a kindergartener for the first day of school. What parents may not realize is ...

Illinois data show pre-K builds social-emotional skills and boosts kindergarten readiness; North Greene reports 94% of ...

Eager to watch a foundational skills lesson, we enter a kindergarten classroom in a large urban school district in mid-November. The children are sitting cross-legged on the rug at the front of the ...

Universal TK provides a free, high-quality preschool option for all California families with 4-year-olds. This is critical in terms of access and affordability and ensures that more families can ...

In California, by 2025-26 all 4-year-olds will be eligible for universal TK. Many districts have already enacted the program, including the Los Angeles school system. Many parents are unsure if they ...

The days when kindergarten focused on playing and finger painting may be waning, as early-learning classrooms devote significantly more attention to preparing students to read, according to a new ...

Every 4-year-old in California can now go to school for free in their local districts. The new grade is called transitional kindergarten — or TK — and it's part of the state’s effort to expand ...