Education Lab is a Seattle Times project that spotlights promising approaches to persistent challenges in public education. The Seattle Foundation serves as the fiscal sponsor for Education Lab, which ...

A mother daughter embrace after a tough day at school in this undated photo. On her first day of preschool, my daughter woke up ready to go! She was joining the Owl class, and so she put on an owl ...

"By the second line, I couldn't say it out loud because my lip was quivering." It's a rite of passage many parents are familiar with – that emotional experience sending kids off to kindergarten for ...

The first day of preschool is a big milestone — for your toddler and for you. Whether your child is bursting with excitement or clinging tightly at drop off this transition can bring up big feelings.

Growing up, my mom and dad read me a picture book the night before I started each new school year. When bedtime came, I would curl up in bed next to my parents—and my dog—and listen intently as they ...

How can parents really prepare their kids for kindergarten? Take advice from a teacher who says parents need to do one important thing: “Tell your kid no.” “‘No’ is not a bad word,” Emily Perkins, a ...