Patti Ghezzi, a former AJC education reporter, works in university communications. She has a keen interest in education issues as this column on the changing nature of kindergarten demonstrates. By ...

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One November morning, a little after 8 a.m., Jessica Arrow and 14 of her kindergarteners are sitting in a circle on a rug in her classroom at Symonds Elementary School here. Some sit cross-legged, ...

When Krystyna Kalishevskyi emigrated from Ukraine with her family last year, she had experienced more trauma and fear than a 4-year-old can cope with. Going to school in California was a big challenge ...

Full-day kindergarten has become more academically rigorous to prepare students for first grade. But more districts across the country are trying to enhance learning and social skills by integrating ...

Play kitchens and mock cash registers are among the wish-list items Southern Lehigh kindergarten teachers have requested as they work to integrate “purposeful play” into the new full-day kindergarten ...