Working with kids can be quite rewarding, but it can also be rather challenging. Having a love for educating children and the patience required to work with them is a good start towards becoming a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How can parents really prepare their kids for kindergarten? Take advice from a teacher who says parents need to do one important ...

There was a very interesting article on the front of Wednesday’s Times about the impact of kindergarten teachers on adult earnings. Columnist David Leonhardt reports the findings of a new study which ...

While nursery school and preschool are both important, they ultimately serve as stepping stones to get your child ready for the "Big K" — kindergarten. The first "official" level in grade school, ...

Back in 2014, I wrote about a New York school that canceled its annual year-end kindergarten show because — are you ready? — the kids had to keep working so they would be ready for “college and career ...

The research is clear. Academic training in kindergarten has no long-term benefit. In fact, it may cause long-term harm. It does not reduce the education gap between the rich and the poor, which is ...

How much do your kindergarten teacher and classmates affect the rest of your life? Economists have generally thought that the answer was not much. Great teachers and early childhood programs can have ...

In this video I answer a parent’s question about the best snacks for kindergarten. As a longtime kindergarten teacher, I ...