This article is part of the collection: From School to Shining School: 52 Stories from Educators Across the U.S. Imagine: you’re in a classroom, with all new technology, iPads, SMART Boards… the works ...

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This article about play-based kindergarten was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. EVERETT, Wash. — On a ...

Whether your child participated in a preschool program or not, kindergarten can feel like the first real year of grade school. You might find yourself buying a backpack and the supplies that fill it, ...

Everyone agrees that the workplace has changed and that the jobs of the future will demand designers, creators and collaborators not production line automatons. But has our education system adapted to ...

A charming, bright 5-year-old stands out in his classroom at Maurice Wollin elementary school, on Staten Island, as an extremely social, kind, and curious child. He remembers more about his ...