One of the first times New Orleans kindergarten teacher Molly Mansel gave her class a computer-based standardized test last fall, the 30 5-year-olds didn’t know how to take it. The children, raised in ...

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 ...

With school in full swing across the United States, the littlest students are getting used to the blocks table and the dress-up corner — and that staple of American public education, the standardized ...

Increased academic pressure and testing in kindergarten is bringing everyone to tears—including the teachers. When Dr. Peter Gray wrote a piece for his Psychology Today blog about kindergarten ...

EVERETT — On a quiet Valentine’s Day morning, a class of 4- and 5-year-olds at Jefferson Elementary took a seat on the classroom rug, each on a square that matches the color of their assigned desks.