kindergarten

Near Methuen in the Merrimack Valley, Dracut Public Schools are considering closing an elementary school that has shrunk to 210 students from almost 300, eliminating busing for some grades and reducing full-day kindergarten to half.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

That fall, as the school year began anew, her incoming kindergarten class had eight Hispanic students.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Michelle Reitano, a kindergarten teacher in Methuen, said her class sizes have ranged from 16 to 18 children in recent years, down from 20 to 24 when she began teaching in the district in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

“Give me your family’s income at kindergarten, and I’ll tell you where you’re going to show up in the test score ranking,” said Austin Land, a Berkeley researcher and co-author of the study.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

It made all the kindergarten mothers happy and it didn’t make anyone else very mad.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

"Prolonged air-raid alerts affect not only people's safety, but also the operation of businesses, logistics, transportation, schools, kindergartens," he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Crimeans say basic services like kindergartens, trash collection and ATMs have stopped functioning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Getting vaccinated against hepatitis A has never been required as a condition of entry to California’s kindergartens or child-care centers, however.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2025

She used the knowledge she had gained teaching at kindergartens in Germany to make education enjoyable and approachable for her students.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024

Their son’s application to several kindergartens met with quick rejections, unaccompanied by explanations.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis