Starting this fall, her son Raheem will be going to kindergarten. Starting this year, children must be 5 by September 1 to attend kindergarten. If not, they must wait until next year.

Decades of research tell us children who attend quality preschool enter kindergarten better prepared socially, emotionally, ...

In 2021, California launched an ambitious plan to make transitional kindergarten available by the 2025-26 school year, creating a brand new grade level.

Corrections (issued June 14): School districts began changing eligibility dates for TK to accommodate more 4-year-olds in 2022 — not 2021, as previously stated in this story. And for fall 2024, kids ...

The Seattle Public Schools announced on Monday that the cost of tuition at the schools that offer all-day kindergarten, but aren't fully funded by the state, is increasing by 15 percent for the ...