Kindergarten

A bill up for a vote in the State Senate Thursday is drawing strong opposition and concern from a number of Republican lawmakers at the Jersey Shore and beyond.

Less than 10 percent of New Jersey school districts still have half-day kindergarten. But the plan to mandate full-day programs doesn't come with money.

I hate talking as if summer is over, but I'll have to face the fact soon that we're in the last few weeks of vacation season, and it's time to start checking things off of the back to school to do list!

As we head to the end of the school year, we came across an adorable video from the Toms River Regional Schools .... what a great way to end the school year and head into summer here at the Jersey Shore !   This will make you smile and warm your heart ..... Happ...

Greater access to computers and the Internet is helping children learn how to socialize earlier in life, but a number of New Jersey parents and teachers also may be noticing that kids are forming cliques at a much younger age, as soon as in kindergarten.

Several lawmakers are hoping to convince Gov. Chris Christie to reconsider previously vetoed legislation hat would have created a task force to explore the pros and cons of all-day kindergarten.

Like a lot of people, Assemblyman Charles Mainor had no idea that kids in the Garden State do not have to go to kindergarten. Mainor and a trio of other Assembly members have introduced a bill to force children to go to kindergarten and to lower the age at which they have to start attending school.

Is it a good idea to offer full-day kindergarten statewide in New Jersey?

On this day, Flag Day, I thought it would be nice to share with you my daughters Kindergarten class ...The Pledge of Allegiance.