Man arrested after 3 killed in China kindergarten stabbing

By Shawn Deng and Akanksha Sharma, CNN Chinese authorities have arrested a man suspected of killing three people and injuring six in a stabbing attack at a kindergarten in southern Jiangxi province Wednesday, according to local public security officials. Police said the suspect, identified as 48-year-old Liu Xiaohui, fled to a mountainous area in a neighboring county after the attack, triggering a search by more than 1,000 police officers. Liu was arrested 12 hours later, at 10:50 pm on Wednesday local time, police said in a statement Thursday. It's not clear if children are among…

Family, Not Preschool, Is the Secret to a Good Education

“I was so worried my son wouldn't pass his kindergarten entrance exam,” one of my friends recently told me, noting that his child hadn't attended preschool. “That's my pet peeve!” another friend sputtered at the mention of preschool. She noticed that many schools today want to make sure kids know their letters before entering kindergarten, but those same students can barely read by the time they're ready for first grade, even when they had attended preschool. The kids almost seem burned out, she observed. In contrast, she witnessed firsthand how, without attending a “professional” preschool,…