New federal data shows about two-thirds of the nation’s 3- to 5-year-olds are on track to enter kindergarten. In Texas, only ...

While there's growing interest in assessing school readiness, education experts differ on what to measure and how. Here's ...

Criteria generally emphasize a child’s health and motor skills, social-emotional development, cognition, language development ...

Kindergarten readiness paves the way for future academic milestones like learning to read. Texas leaders want to see improvement.

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Encouraging children to ‘write’ their own versions of tales like ‘The Three Little Pigs’ helps them build crucial early ...

SB241 would allow schools to hold back third graders who can't read at grade level. But it would also introduce more reading tests for younger students — and new supports. Here's everything that would ...

Birmingham City Schools featured in Super Bowl ad ...

There are clear protocols about how public schools statewide are expected to respond if immigration authorities show up on ...

Nationally, nearly two-thirds of children were reported in the survey as on track for kindergarten, regardless of their ...

Administered by the U.S. Census Bureau, the federal survey offers a glimpse into school readiness by collecting responses ...