In a working paper titled "Is Kindergarten the New First Grade ... school readiness and kindergarten learning, how teachers used their time during daily activities, what specific curricular ...

Kindergarten is the new first grade. That's the big finding from researchers ... who spent at least one hour per day on child-selected activities dropped by 14 percentage points and the likelihood ...

"When I came into kindergarten, down from first grade, I was like ... engaging instruction and the actual target of learning to read." Bassok agrees. "The changes that seem potentially troubling ...

The days when kindergarten focused on playing and finger painting may be waning, as early-learning classrooms ... by teachers of kindergarten and 1st grade students from 1998 to 2006.