Study: Identifying kids who need help learning to read isn't as easy as A, B, C

In most states, schools are required to screen students as they enter kindergarten—a process that is meant to identify ...
Education Week

Play-Based Learning in Kindergarten Is Making a Comeback. Here’s What It Means

Silas McLellan, a kindergartner in a play-based learning class, plays with toy blocks during Choice Time at Symonds ...
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Rethinking kindergarten reading screenings for better outcomes

In most states, schools are required to screen students as they enter kindergarten - a process that is meant to identify ...
Education Week

The Expectations for Kindergarten Have Changed. How Teachers Are Adapting

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 ...
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Academy kindergarten teacher writes her own book to enhance student learning

Academy Early Childhood Center's Jennifer Zavodny penned 'Piper the Pumpkin' to teach her students new reading skills ...
Los Angeles Times

Parents, chill: Why you don’t need to teach your 3-year-old to read

Experts explain how best to prepare very young children to read. Children who are reading on their own as early as age 2 or 3 are the outliers, literacy experts said. Recently, a friend gave me a hand ...
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Stanford University researching impact of reading tutoring at South Bend Schools

South Bend Schools is looking to improve literacy and Stanford University is trying to see if it's working. A controlled research study is happening right now to measure the effect "high impact" ...
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I'm an American living in Denmark. Kids learn to read and write later than in the US because there's more emphasis on playtime.

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The New York Times

Why Boys Are Behind in School From the Start

As the expectations for kindergarten have risen, the changes have put boys, who tend to mature later, at a disadvantage. By Claire Cain Miller Claire Cain Miller is working on a series of articles ...