With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, students at Middle Creek Elementary are putting their whole heart into fun, ...

CHICAGO — Shermain Herndon was a parent first at St. Paul Lutheran School on Chicago’s South Side but quickly found her calling as a teacher. There is a balance in her kindergarten classroom.

To attend kindergarten in Kansas, you have to be 5 years old by August 31st. That’s pretty much the only rule. But teachers ...