As a small business leader, I am intimately familiar with the way in which failing schools are hurting our economy by not serving our children or educators. The last few years have been an onslaught ...

Teaching your child to be fully independent when going to the bathroom is important now that public schools are enrolling 4-year-olds in transitional kindergarten. Consider this Potty Training II.

With just weeks left to prepare her 4-year-old son for his first day in public school, Andrea Gallegos still has a few things to check off on her to-do list. Buy him a new backpack. Wean him off his ...

“It is very normal in the younger grades that those teachers will deal with accidents in the classrooms — it's just been more of a shift to students coming to school that are still in diapers and pull ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Susan Estes, R-Wichita, appears on the House floor on March 19, 2025, in Topeka, Kansas. She is the chairwoman of the 2026 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Sherri Brantley, R-Great Bend, listens to testimony during a Jan. 29, 2026, hearing on legislation she introduced that would ...

BALTIMORE - Being fully potty-trained is a major milestone for children and parents. However, school staff are seeing more and more toddlers entering the new school year not quite ready. "We're ...

Josiah and Jordan Lyle are pictured with their son, who turned 3 years old in May 2024. Courtesy of Jordan Lyle A state investigation has found that child care staff at a Fort Worth Montessori program ...

Kansas lawmakers introduced a bill that would require kindergartners to be potty-trained before enrollment. Parents would need to provide written assurance that their child is potty-trained to enroll ...