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kindergarten

[kin-der-gahr-tn, -dn] / ˈkɪn dərˌgɑr tn, -dn /
NOUN
daycare
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NOUN
preschool
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One parent told me how teachers in one Beijing kindergarten banned parents from bringing Christmas-related items to decorate classrooms for the new year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

To back off from that charge, district officials proposed raising average class sizes in kindergarten through fourth grade from 24-to-1 to 28-to-1, according to the district.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

More than half the nation’s public preschool enrollment gain — some 25,000 students — came from California, which this school year made every 4-year-old eligible for its transitional kindergarten program.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The next day, Swalwell held a Zoom meeting with content creators, including Fodor, a former kindergarten teacher who posts educational and political content.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Then again, his father had abandoned them before Michael even got to kindergarten, so perhaps it was best not to have inherited anything.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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