First day of school jitters are natural for both young learners and parents — especially as California elementary schools are enrolling 4-year-olds in transitional kindergarten.. Whether your ...

Five-year-old Sebastian Mariscal is not quite ready for his first day of kindergarten as he is comforted by his father, Jorge Mariscal, prior to boarding bus for Brentwood Science Magnet on Monday ...

Mary Mo Harper, a lifestyle blogger, captured the moment she dropped off her 3-year-old son for his first day at preschool. She and her husband are both sitting in the car in tears.

A teacher’s “Welcome to Kindergarten” song is helping to reduce first-day-of-school anxieties for many children this year. Dwayne Reed, a dean of students at a Chicago elementary school, has ...

The city is the first in the state to offer free, full-day preschool in all of its 32 elementary schools. Warwick says the program is vital in a district with an 85% poverty rate.