An overwhelming 96.7% of kindergarten and preschool teachers are women, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal using 2023 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While it may be ...

A decade on, Seattle's early learning program is preparing more students of color and students from low-income backgrounds for kindergarten, data shows.

many early education experts suggested that shift might undermine preschool programs, stealing away both students and teachers. A new data snapshot from the Center for the Study of Child Care ...

the number of parents who opted to wait until their child was 6 before enrolling them in kindergarten has grown, the data shows. In 2023, 103 children entered kindergarten at 6 years old.

California’s implementation of universal transitional kindergarten has had adverse effects on preschool programs, new data ...

The majority of these pupils shifted to homeschooling, state data show. The loss of the kindergarten experience will reverberate for some students, even as educators consider how to make up for the ...