The rigorous Common Core standards call for students to master skills about a grade or two sooner than previous standards. Meg Pavlovich, former kindergarten teacher and director with an education ...

Marissa Zellers reads a new Common Core-aligned text with her kindergarten students at Albert Einstein Elementary School in Redmond, Wash.

The Common Core standards at the kindergarten level set the stage for children to learn how to learn. In kindergarten, children are not expected to perform independently.

My 5-year-old son started Common Core Kindergarten this year in California. Even though it's only been two months he is already far behind. His teacher asked, "What kind of preschool did he go to -- ...

Is the Common Core forcing kindergarten teachers to move away from play-based learning and toward more rote memorization and lecturing?

If interpreted correctly, Common Core standards for literacy enable us to help enhance the kindergarten experience for all kindergarten children—from the underprepared to the most gifted and ...

Even before the arrival of the common core, many experts have advocated full-day kindergarten, arguing that children who attend it are more prepared for later learning in school, post higher ...

The Common Core’s defenders say critics are misreading the kindergarten standards, which are meant to be goals, not dictates. What’s more, standards alone don’t tell teachers how to teach.

If there’s one place where it’s clear that the world is full of possibility — and also that the world is fundamentally unfair — it’s kindergarten. The glorious first chance to be a ...

Common Core State Standards have been adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia; It grew from concern that U.S. needed to improve education to remain competitive in a global economy ...

Adults were asked to complete a new vocabulary exercise from the Common Core curriculum and some were 'totally stumped.' The city estimated the Common Core textbooks would cost $56 million, but ...

•Many children are not developmentally ready to read in kindergarten, yet the Common Core State Standards require them to do just that. This is leading to inappropriate classroom practices.