Incoming kindergarteners get an “on-ramp” to elementary school as part of Oregon's Jump Start Kindergarten Program. Four years ago this month, one of the most devastating wildfires in Oregon’s history ...

Levi Roush, 2, just completed the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program at the Newton Public Library. Levi’s favorite book ...

OXFORD – Mississippi Jumpstart, a program created at the University of Mississippi to help reduce the kindergarten readiness gap in Mississippi, turns 10 this year, having grown from two classrooms in ...

Yelena Hagooli has done everything possible to give her 4-year-old son the best start in life. She took him to the library every week, fed him the healthiest foods, left her job to care for him, and ...