Ready or not, across the country, a new crop of kindergarteners has entered the K-12 school system. Their teachers will spend these early weeks determining where the 5- and 6-year-olds are ...

Student Tyler Madrid, center, raises his hand to answer a question in Julie Celestial's kindergarten class as they work on a literacy lesson at Mark Twain Elementary School in Long Beach in May.

New federal data shows about two-thirds of the nation’s 3- to 5-year-olds are on track to enter kindergarten. But being ready for school involves a lot more than a child’s ability to count or recite ...

The end of the school year is still several months away, but with school registration and enrollment opening up, it's already time to start thinking about the next school year. For parents of young ...