Teachers met with the new kindergartners at Gilbert Park Elementary in 2012 to measure the readiness of every kindergartner for school. (Bruce Ely/The Oregonian) Though I applaud the recognition of ...

A best-selling book in 1986 by author and minister Robert Fulghum, “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” was a collection of short essays that showed how the lessons we were taught in ...

I don't think you always get the recognition you deserve, so I wanted to write you a letter to thank you for performing tiny miracles every single day. How do you do it? I'll never quite understand.

Kindergarteners at Guardian Angel School celebrated Letter People Week with costumes, a parade, fun activities, and a cake walk as they wrapped up learning the alphabet and prepared for first grade.

I don’t know you, at least not yet, but today you become one of the most important people in my life. Why? Because you are my child’s first teacher — her Kindergarten teacher — and I am entrusting you ...