Here’s a history lesson for the Connecticut legislature: In the 1980s and 1990s there was a national movement to delay kindergarten entry for children “not ready” for school, called “Buy-a-Year.” The ...

First-grade teacher Somer Brown, a finalist for the title of Educator of the Year, explains how foundational reading skills, ...

[Note: In this guest post, two renowned former kindergarten teachers who wrote about the extraordinary literacy successes of children in their classrooms (Feldgus & Cardonick, 1999) show how today’s ...

Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...