When should Canadians start learning about residential schools? Experts say kindergarten

Shannon Leddy doesn’t remember learning about the history of residential schools in classrooms as a child. It wasn’t until she attended university that Leddy, a member of the Metis Nation and an assistant professor of teaching at the University of British Columbia, began to learn the awful truth…

California’s $2.7 Billion Plan to Expand Transitional Kindergarten Is Off to an Uneven Start

In Salinas, about 400 students were eligible by age to enter transitional kindergarten, but less than half were enrolled when school began last week. It’s a sharp drop-off from pre-pandemic years, when nearly all children who were qualified for kindergarten showed up, according to Jim Koenig, superintendent of…