Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students play with bubbles at Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach, a preschool serving children age 5 and under through a ...

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 ...

California’s newly expanded transitional kindergarten program is growing, but it’s also sapping resources from other early childhood programs, a new study shows, leading to declining enrollment. “As ...

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 ...

While there's growing interest in assessing school readiness, education experts differ on what to measure and how. Here's ...

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, ...

When the end-of-day bell buzzes in Mrs. Nobriga’s transitional kindergarten class at Holbrook Language Academy in Concord, her students excitedly cluster on the carpet waiting to be picked up. One ...

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 ...

Marguerita Elementary School teacher Claudia Ralston spends most of her day on the floor, guiding her transitional kindergarten students through play. She said if it weren’t for TK, the Alhambra ...

Despite expanding eligibility requirements, California’s transitional kindergarten program showed declining rates of participation, according to a recent report by the Public Policy Institute of ...

Yelena Hagooli has done everything possible to give her 4-year-old son the best start in life. She took him to the library every week, fed him the healthiest foods, left her job to care for him, and ...

San Luis Coastal Unified School District’s transitional kindergarten could be on the chopping block, administrators warned a crowded board room Tuesday night. The announcement came during the district ...