March is a wonderful time to celebrate the power of reading, language and lifelong learning. Across the country, March is ...

Despite warnings from early childhood experts against too much screen time, schools' reliance on educational technology for grade levels as low as transitional kindergarten has grown — and frustrated ...

Many young children invent imaginary companions (IC) in the early years, also known as imaginary friends. Is having an IC ...

What’s Going On is a listing of activities taking place throughout the Downriver community. To submit an event, send an email to downriverlife@thenewsherald.com. List the time, date, location, cost ...

What’s Going On is a listing of activities taking place throughout the Downriver community. To submit an event, send an email to downriverlife@thenewsherald.com. List the time, date, location, cost ...

Get our briefing — Once a week, local news focused on decisions that affect Lakeland. Pam Craven, executive director of the Learning Resource Center (LRC), said many kindergarteners in Polk County ...

Young students are still struggling to bounce back academically from the pandemic, even though many were babies at the time.

With early literacy rates declining, some pediatricians will now “prescribe” Milwaukee Public Library visits to children ages 5 and younger.

Spring training is now in full swing, as is the 2026 World Baseball Classic, with the 2026 Major League Baseball season looming already. All that means is fantasy baseball season is about to kick into ...

Idaho Public Television is encouraging children in kindergarten through 6th grade to read an average of 20 minutes a day throughout the month of March, for a total of 600 minutes, as part of Idaho ...

For some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments don’t start in the kindergarten classroom — they happen first in the doctor’s office. With concerns rising about lagging childhood ...

A transgender substitute teacher who drew parent complaints after reportedly wearing provocative clothing and presenting a "wolf" persona around young students has been fired, according to multiple ...