What is developmentally appropriate when it comes to learning? Cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham wrote about the subject recently on his Science and Education blog, and here is a version of that ...

Cross-posted from Digital Education: Everyone from parents to teachers to physicians continues to worry about how much time children are spending in front of computer screens. But in the ...

Kindergarten in the United States is not what it used to be. For one thing, it’s longer. In 1998, only about 56 percent of children attended full-day kindergarten. Today, that figure is 80 percent, ...

California’s transitional kindergarten instruction should remain developmentally appropriate and prioritize play as a form of learning, the state emphasized in a proposed clarification of the ...

The transition from preschool to school is a big deal for many children and parents. Over the next few weeks, many preschoolers will take part in a transition program, designed by their teachers, to ...