Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When children start kindergarten, sizable gaps in science knowledge already exist between whites and minorities—as well as between ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Whether or not ...

The block room at the Randolph School in Wappingers Falls, N.Y., is bustling with preschool builders. One boy places a tall, wood, cross-shaped block under a newly erected archway, explaining to ...