Julie Smith is vice president of CDW•G Higher Education Sales. The clock is ticking on the official implementation of the Common Core State Standards by the 44 states (along with the District of ...

Many researchers have made a case for the importance of high-quality early education, and how it can lead to later academic success and general success in life. So, a piece in Sunday's Ideas section ...

There is much wrong with American kindergartens—but Common Core State Standards are not to blame. If interpreted correctly, Common Core standards for literacy enable us to help enhance the ...

This is the second in a two-part series. Part one can be found here. The debate over what early math should look like and what should be included in the Common Core State Standards for math is one of ...

With school in full swing across the United States, the littlest students are getting used to the blocks table and the dress-up corner - and that staple of American public education, the standardized ...

Last spring, Susan Sluyter quit teaching kindergarten in the Cambridge Public Schools. She’d spent nearly two decades in the classroom, and her departure wasn’t a happy one. In a resignation letter, ...

PEABODY — A pilot program designed to help teachers evaluate kindergartners has raised red flags for School Committee members concerned that their control is being usurped. Specifically, they complain ...

There is much wrong with American kindergartens—but Common Core State Standards are not to blame. If interpreted correctly, Common Core standards for literacy enable us to help enhance the ...