THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. — The Tumwater School District has implemented mandatory play-based learning across all kindergarten classrooms, requiring one hour of daily free play while maintaining ...

Rethinking the separation of play and learning can help transform America's cities into fun, engaging, life-size learning opportunities for the whole family. Credit: Jackie Mader/ Hechinger Report The ...

Connecticut teachers want you to know that “play-based learning” is not an oxymoron. For years child development and education experts have praised the benefits of play-based learning — a pedagogy ...

Parents visiting their children’s kindergarten class for the first time may think they’ve arrived at the wrong room, especially if they expect it to resemble the kindergarten they attended as ...

Corrected: This story has been updated to more accurately describe how Mansfield Elementary’s test scores compare to those of other schools in Connecticut. When the doors to Mansfield Elementary ...

EdSource · Sexual abuse claims threaten school district budgets, even when not accused When Krystyna Kalishevskyi emigrated from Ukraine with her family last year, she had experienced more trauma and ...