As school bells are set to ring in the coming weeks, uneasiness can creep in for students and parents not knowing what the year will hold. Keeping up with lessons, making friends and learning basic ...

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has been anxiously waiting for it to end. While managing uncertainty and lockdowns, school boards have had to transition from in-person and ...

This is the fourth in a series of stories on the challenges impacting California’s efforts to offer high-quality instruction to all 4-year-olds by 2025. Transitional kindergarten for all 4-year-olds ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

Dugan is one of many parents in the city who feel trapped as their schools go all in on AI. “You’re just teaching children ...

Part two of a two-part series. Read part one. The morning drop-off isn’t easy for many elementary schoolers and their parents. But it was downright brutal for Sara LaPietra and her 4-year-old son ...

Cynthia Jones clapped her hands together, then onto the tops of her thighs, singing to the group of 3- and 4-year-olds sitting on the rug in front of her. “Ha-and clap. Ha-and clap. Sitting in the ...

Marie Kruse keeps a stuffed cow in her classroom. When a new calf is born on a local dairy farm each year, she stages a ...