Celebrating National Kindergarten Day with an Iowa Quarter
April 21, 2026
For most Americans raising young children today, enrolling the youngsters in kindergarten – public, private, parochial, homeschool, you name it – has become a given. But there was a time when kindergarten was a newfangled educational concept, one that wasn’t compulsory (as it is in some states and districts throughout the Union) and, in many cases, wasn’t even part of one’s typical academic journey.
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