A recently passed Ohio law, HB 114, will officially take effect in March and have an impact on the 2026-2027 school year.

It’s a fact that girls and boys develop along different timelines. Some parents feel their sons could use an extra year to mature before starting kindergarten. The term ‘redshirting’ refers to the ...

Kindergarten “redshirting”—when a parent decides to delay the start of their child’s academic career by a year—was once largely a choice made by higher-income parents of white boys. But the COVID-19 ...

Boys tend to start kindergarten less prepared, academically and behaviorally, than girls — and it can affect their achievement in the long term. To close the gap, one idea in use by some parents is ...