Elementary schools and preschools need to foster children’s conversational and listening skills as they teach them to read and write, a national group urges in a new set of standards. For More ...

Starting kindergarten is a big milestone in a child’s path to lifelong education, but too often, children in the United States are not adequately prepared. Whether it is due to educational disparities ...

Nine Hillsboro 3-year-olds plopped into an uneven circle on the carpet as their teacher Eliette Gonzalez led the class in The Listening Song. She gestured to her eyes, ears, mouth and arms. “Ojos ...