Before transitional kindergarten, or TK, was widened to accept all 4-year-olds, many early education experts suggested that shift might undermine preschool programs, stealing away both students and ...

It was all fun and games (and finger painting and singing and dancing) in preschool, but kindergarten is a different ball game. Knowing whether or not your kid is ready for the structure and ...

Once a childcare desert, the expansion of universal transitional kindergarten is luring parents in Stanislaus County away ...

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Arroyo Grande’s Ocean View Elementary is breaking ground on new classrooms. “The last time this campus had a permanent classroom built was 1962, which was ironically, 62 years ago," Andy Stenson, ...

Universal TK provides a free, high-quality preschool option for all California families with 4-year-olds. This is critical in terms of access and affordability and ensures that more families can ...

This article was originally published in EdSource. Despite expanding eligibility requirements, California’s transitional kindergarten program showed declining rates of participation, according to a ...

In five years since introducing its transition-to-kindergarten program, the Washougal School District has seen a steady uptick in the number of students who start kindergarten ready to learn.

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. Paula Merrigan loves being a transitional kindergarten (TK) teacher so much she says she may never retire. She’d ...

Signs reading “Save our TK” were placed in front of San Luis Coastal trustees as the board heard about impending budget cuts on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. Sadie Dittenber sdittenber@thetribunenews.com ...

In my 30 years in education, I have never seen a more ill-advised and damaging cut to education funding,” said Washington’s ...