With her five-year-old son Camden starting kindergarten in September, primary school teacher Cheryl McFarlane has more than just a professional interest in the changes the Ministry of Education has ...
Laureate College says it measures success by more than marks. Principal Steve Saunders argues the school’s inquiry-based, STEAM-integrated approach is designed to build confidence, curiosity and ...
Elgin Area School District U-46 will host a free screening of a documentary film exploring the advantages of play-based approaches to learning in kindergarten on Tuesday, Jan. 22. The 30-minute ...
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 ...
According to the Reggio Emilia Principles there are many languages children use to express themselves and make connections with the world. Reggio educators’ decades of research and study of children ...
Parents visiting their children’s kindergarten class for the first time may think they’ve arrived at the wrong room, especially if they expect it to resemble the kindergarten they attended as ...
BROOKLINE (CBS) - School is back in session, yet a summer debate over the way kindergarten should be taught continues in Brookline. During a school committee meeting this past June, teachers voiced ...
As pressure to raise scores on standardized tests has trickled down to the lower grades, kindergarten and even pre-kindergarten classrooms have focused more on academic skills. But debating whether a ...
Elgin Area School District U-46 will host a free screening on Tuesday, Jan. 22, for "Kindergarten: Where Play and Learning Can Meet," a new documentary that was filmed partially at the district's ...