This is the first in a two-part series. 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 the most contentious in ...

On a recent morning in South Seattle, Kristin Alfonzo challenged her preschoolers to make the number 7 using beads strung across two rows of pipe cleaners. One 5-year-old boy slid four beads across ...

The debate over what early math should look like and what should be included in the Common Core State Standards for early mathematics has been contentious, to say the least. This story also appeared ...

Cross-posted from Inside School Research: Kindergarten might be the new 1st grade but it is still too easy. A forthcoming study in the peer-refereed American Educational Research Journal finds that ...

Cross-platform Game Experience THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT: MATH SAFARI Makes Math Fun and Approachable at Home, in the Classroom, or on the Go ARLINGTON, VA, September 18, 2012 – Today, ...

Children who attend preschool do better in kindergarten than those who stay at home with their parents or relatives, according to a national report. The federal data, which focused on children who ...

September 18, 2025 - Meet Allison Saiki, who teaches students how to manage money, pay rent and open retirement accounts, with a class currency she calls "Saiki Cents." Teaching math remotely to kids ...

As taxpayers, parents and educators debate the value of public preschool for every child, a new study by UC Berkeley and Stanford researchers finds for the first time that middle-class children -- not ...

California has invested heavily in early childhood education, yet it doesn’t require all 5-year-olds to attend kindergarten.

Here is another compilation of Good e-Reader Top 10 Apps for Google Android, this time targeting kids and education. All the apps mentioned here have one thing in common: all of them are designed to ...