Every fall from 2013 to 2019, incoming Oregon kindergartners met one-on-one with their teachers, for gentle state-mandated checks on their literacy and math skills. The meetings, which took place ...

Researcher says pre-K helps with basic skills but not curiosity and problem-solving Early childhood researcher Dale Farran says we failed to preserve kindergarten as a gentle introduction to school ...

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Recent educational reforms have led to two fundamental changes in kindergarten classrooms. Firstly, there has been a surge of play-based learning. Play, now shown to be beneficial both for academic ...