Giuliana Tapia was way behind her classmates. She was just 5 years old, starting kindergarten at Telesis Academy of Science and Math in West Covina. At a kindergarten screening two months before her ...

In most states, schools are required to screen students as they enter kindergarten - a process that is meant to identify ...

Each week, at 15 elementary schools across Marion County, an assortment of kindergarten students excitedly await the arrival of their Reading Pals. The United Way of Marion County Reading Pals ...

Do the common-core standards demand too much of kindergarten readers?, asks a new piece this week from KQED’s Mind/Shift. It’s a debate we’ve heard before. Much of the back-and-forth centers around ...

Nueces County Public Libraries has launched a program to promote early literacy — encouraging youngsters to read 1,000 books before they reach kindergarten — after receiving a state grant. Through a ...