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 ...

If you catch a glimpse of the 4- and 5-year-olds in attendance at virtual transitional kindergarten program, like the one at California Virtual Academies, powered by K12, a premier provider of K-12 ...

First-graders Oliver Hootman and Eva Jimenez Flores practice reading word by word at Carrisa Plains Elementary School with help from Jani Klasfeld, in September 2023. David Middlecamp ...

Enrollment at California’s public schools continued to decline this year, but by only .25%, or 15,000 students, state data showed, a much slower pace than the steep declines experienced during ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Governor Newsom’s Universal TK—or, Transitional Kindergarten—program may not be having the universal reach he intended. Not all schools who teach Transitional Kindergarten ...

In 2021, California launched a $2.7 billion effort to expand transitional kindergarten, with the goal of making it available to every 4-year-old resident by the 2025-26 school year. Now, as the full ...

Abdiel, 4, celebrates his birthday during his first week of transitional kindergarten at Bill Libbon Elementary School in Santa Maria. Credit: Nick Forselles / Noozhawk photo On a sunny morning in ...

When Krystyna Kalishevskyi emigrated from Ukraine with her family last year, she had experienced more trauma and fear than a 4-year-old can cope with. Going to school in California was a big challenge ...