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A group of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools parents is calling for more play in kindergarten classrooms, pointing to research on ...

HARVEY, Ill.—To decorate her kindergarten classroom for the new school year, Lori Baker chose cheerful alphabet and number charts featuring smiling children of different races. In the reading corner, ...

Sending kindergarten children off to karate or football lessons after school isn’t just a good way to give parents some extra breathing space. Now research has found a link between children who did ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What is the appropriate role of phonics in reading instruction? The role of phonics in reading instruction is often debated: how big, how small, and how should it be ...