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 students make bigger gains in reading ...

Everyone should read. In 1998, 31 percent of teachers believed their students should learn to read during the kindergarten year. That figure jumped to 80 percent by 2010.

DECATUR — It’s a simple goal to achieve before kindergarten. Just read 1,000 books. The Decatur Public Library’s 1000 Books before Kindergarten program has been easy for Shannon Blesse, of ...

Kindergarten is no easy task now. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times) Aug. 25, 2015 9:41 PM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options. ... They apply this knowledge to read simple sentences.” ...

More than half of Louisiana children from poor families start kindergarten without basic reading skills — and most fail to catch up by third grade, according to a new study.

Kindergarten might be the new 1st grade but it may still be too easy, suggests a study in the <i>American Educational Research Journal</i>.