The 8-week initiative aimed to help students who struggled in pre-K classes, which focus on early literacy and math skills as ...

Reading by 9’s back-to-school guide. Find expert tips, book recommendations and resources for parents of kids just starting transitional kindergarten. Explore the guide ...

More than 1 in 3 children in kindergarten through grade 3 have little chance of reading on grade level by the end of the school year without major and systemic interventions.

When it comes to reading, kindergarten is the new first grade. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 04 / 170413084639.htm. Ohio State University.

But this year, Miller saw larger gaps in reading skills than ever before. Usually, her first graders would start with reading levels ranging from mid-kindergarten to second grade. This year, the ...

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 ...

Kindergarten is the new third grade. The expectations for kindergartners are getting higher and higher, Principal Barbara Shirley told a crowded room of parents at Alta Vista Elementary.

Preliminary data shows North Carolina’s kindergarten and first-grade students had higher reading proficiency rates than the national average at the end of the 2021-22 school year.