Six people were killed and one injured in a stabbing at a kindergarten in Lianjiang, a city in Guangdong Province, on Monday. The victims of the 7:40 a.m. local time attack included three children, two parents, and a teacher, according to Reuters. A suspect, a 25-year-old man with the surname Wu, was detained by police […]
California legislators are considering a bill that would make kindergarten mandatory for children. Senate Bill 767 requires children to have completed one year of kindergarten before being admitted into first grade, beginning with the 2024–25 school year. The bill previously passed the state Senate Education Committee April 26 on a 6–1 vote. Currently, children in […]
A substance used in animal tranquilizers is making its way into drugs used by people. The problem is that this substance can eat away at human flesh. Should California mandate kindergarten for children? That’s a question some lawmakers are now considering. A celebrity chef is opening a new restaurant in the Bay Area. But the […]
Now that fires are erupting and rapidly expanding across the state, the U.S. Forest Service said they’ll bring back controlled burns. One major fire grew five times in size in one day. An accidental rolling blackout hit one California county. We’ll see what caused people to lose power on Tuesday night. As most of the […]
PORTLAND, Maine—Harvey Sutton, or “Little Man,” as he is known on the Appalachian Trail, won’t have long to bask in the glory of hiking its full length. After all, he starts kindergarten Friday. At 5 years old, Harvey is one of the youngest—and the latest of several youngsters in recent years—to complete the trail, after […]
A kindergarten teacher who poisoned 25 children, killing one of them, after an argument with a rival staff member has been sentenced to death by a court in central China. In its official ruling Monday, the Jiaozuo Intermediate People’s Court in Henan province described killer Wang Yun’s motives as “despicable” and “vicious.” “She should be […]
A radical California curriculum is proposing to start teaching kindergartners about transgenderism. The California education curriculum is generating protests from parents who are calling the agenda “sexually explicit” and “dangerous,” according to the Washington Examiner. Former teacher and education advocate Rebecca Friedrichs said worried parents, grandparents, and teachers spent hours scrutinizing the thousands of pages […]
California could mandate school districts across the state to provide full-day kindergarten by 2021 under legislation proposed on Jan. 10. Bill AB 197 requires school districts to offer a full-day kindergarten program with the same amount of school time as 1st grade, which is about 230 minutes per day. “All California public school kindergarten pupils deserve the […]
A motorcade and dozens of police officers lined the entrance of Citrus Elementary School in Upland, California, to welcome the son of a slain officer on his first day of kindergarten on Aug. 29. Over 70 officers from Pomona, Upland, and Ontario police departments, as well as the California Highway Patrol, came to show their […]
Math is typically not the most favored class, but this little boy did learn a lot more than math — he learned a valuable lesson about cheating — hopefully. His struggle over a math problem was recorded as well as his ridiculous — but adorable — mistake. He got stuck solving a math problem in […]
