News; Pre-K, Common Core dominate state education hearing. Updated: ; Jan. 27, 2016, 9:26 p.m. | Published: ; Jan. 27, 2016, 8:26 p.m.

Recently published research is calling Common Core developmentally inappropriate for young learners — something a local pediatric occupational therapist and mom has been saying in her fight ...

It is premature to attribute gains in kindergarten readiness to basing pre-K on the common core curriculum introduced two years ago (“City’s revamped pre-K showing promise,” April 27 ...

A number of education-related bills passed during this legislative session of the General Assembly, especially affecting the state's youngest learners.

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 ...

What it is: The state Department of Education sent to districts at the end of the school year the “CCSS Implementation Curriculum Evaluation Tool” to ensure they would have language arts and math ...