The Senate Families and Children Committee unanimously passed a bill Tuesday to seeks to gauge the effectiveness of using financial incentives to encourage kindergarten readiness.

On average, North Carolina is slightly ahead of the rest of the country in terms of getting kids ready for kindergarten – but children from lower-income families are lagging behind their peers, new ...

Oregon has the nation’s third lowest rate of children on track to be ready for kindergarten, above only Arkansas and Kentucky ...

Michigan could spend more on education in a couple priority area under the governor's final state budget propposal. But results for state assessments and absentee numbers among the state's littlest ...

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 ...

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

Gwinnett County Public Schools is clarifying its enrollment process for the 2026–27 school year to ensure 6-year-olds are placed consistently across the district. While the "Grade Level Consideration" ...

Across the nation, more parents are exempting their children from vaccines required for school entry — but Connecticut’s kindergarten vaccination rates have increased since the pandemic, and for one ...

Is your child required to attend kindergarten? Here's when and what to know about changes for mandatory kindergarten attendance in New Jersey and who pays for it. While kindergarten has been a staple ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — About 5,000 fewer students will enroll in Ohio kindergartens next year thanks to a new law standardizing kindergarten enrollment. Under current law, students can enroll in ...