Deborah Kenny is founder and chief executive of Harlem Village Academies and author of “Born to Rise.” Last year, as Harlem Village Academies prepared to open new elementary schools, our principals ...

I have a secret to share. I keep my nine-year-old son home from school every Monday to play outside and take karate. Marty’s wonderful teacher supports his weekly mental health day. I need one too.

As a result of a new state law, California schools instituted transitional kindergarten to give 4-year-olds who were previously eligible for kindergarten an extra year to adjust to school and ...

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 ...

It’s that time of year when kindergartners proudly march across the stage to receive a certification of completion, enjoy the summer, and look ahead to 1st grade. This transition once represented a ...

It was a willful kindergarten pupil who gave Steve Oates a crash course in how to lead a school. “A kindergartner came into my office, and he wouldn’t sit down, so I said, ‘You will sit down,’ ” ...

I have a secret to share. I keep my nine-year-old son home from school every Monday to play outside and take karate. Marty’s wonderful teacher supports his weekly mental health day. I need one too.