COLUMBUS, Ohio - Fewer Ohio kindergarteners demonstrated readiness for school in the 2023-2024 school year compared 2020-2021, around the time the COVID-19 pandemic started, a new report showed. The ...

A child’s ability to use their words, identify several numbers and letters and even count all the way to 10. These are some of the factors that go into the idea of a child’s “readiness” for school — a ...

New federal data shows about two-thirds of the nation’s 3- to 5-year-olds are on track to enter kindergarten. But being ready ...

Sandra Mosqueda watched with an amused smile as her 2-year-old son, Atreus, began sweeping the floor with a miniature mop.

While there's growing interest in assessing school readiness, education experts differ on what to measure and how. Here's ...

These are some of the factors that go into the idea of a child's "readiness" for school -- a concept that is often not a ...