Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Olivia Starr clings to her father, Thaxter Hall, as Associate Educator Jessica Clark works to comfort her as she is dropped ...

Labor Day used to mark the end of summer break for the majority of the nation’s school districts. Not so anymore. Across the country, school start dates have moved up in recent years. In the 1980s, ...

If education is to deliver both opportunity for students and prosperity for the nation, the U.S. needs a new way of thinking about reform. The R&D approach shifts the focus from short-term fixes to ...

FILE - Olivia Starr clings to her father, Thaxter Hall, as Associate Educator Jessica Clark works to comfort her as she is dropped off for the last day of school at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning ...

On her first full day of preschool, Alexander Lane’s 3-year-old daughter stayed in the car for an hour at drop-off because she didn’t want to go inside. On the second day, she entered class in tears.

In fact, experts say that it’s a natural part of growing up. “As we’re starting a new school year, we’re going into a new classroom, our routine is changing … there’s going to be some of this anxiety ...