Recent news has concentrated on the merger of the Memphis City Schools (MCS) and Shelby County Schools (SCS) into a unified school district serving all families in the Memphis-area community.
Many caregivers know that preparing a child for kindergarten is more than simply completing the seemingly endless pile of forms and filling a backpack with paper and crayons.
At the Urban Child Institute, we've spent a considerable amount of time talking about "kindergarten readiness." Often we focus on the fact that kindergarten readiness is critical for lifetime well being.
As a brand new school year starts across Shelby County, almost 15,000 five-year-olds will venture into kindergarten for the very first time.
