kindergarten

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

By 2020, there were 27 Hispanic children in her incoming class, enough for an entire kindergarten.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

In Marylou Escobar’s kindergarten classroom at John Muir Elementary in Glendale, seven of her 20 students attended transitional kindergarten.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The study crystallized what kindergarten and elementary school teachers are also seeing: High-quality education that starts earlier gives students a better foundation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The first day of kindergarten, when Josie and Ivy were both in the bathroom washing their hands before lunch, Ivy had looked over sideways and shyly asked, “What are you?”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The state’s measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccinations among kindergartens fell nearly 10% over 13 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

Authorities also waived fees for public kindergartens beginning last fall.

From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026

Without the creche she would have struggled to return to work: she didn't want to lean on her own parents, and state kindergartens won't generally take children for a full day.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025

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

It had long been a leader in education, establishing one of the first kindergartens and introducing practice teaching to further the studies of its students.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson