Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools faces renewed calls from parents, teachers, and child development experts to reinstate daily, play-based learning in kindergarten classrooms. Advocates argue that ...

Ready or not, across the country, a new crop of kindergarteners has entered the K-12 school system. Their teachers will spend these early weeks determining where the 5- and 6-year-olds are ...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg educators are advocating for the daily inclusion of play-based and music activities in kindergarten, pointing to evidence of their benefits for language, math, social, and motor ...