August 28, 2025 - California schools need a whole new understanding of the importance of play — and potty training — in TK classrooms. For folks in the literacy world, the bitter fight over California ...

A push to return classrooms to explicit instruction, phonics and rote learning is based on the science of learning.

Music, movement, and manipulatives, while fun, may hinder 1st graders struggling in math, study suggests.