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Governor Gavin Newsom proposed the transitional kindergarten, or TK, expansion last month, and state legislators included the estimated $2.7 billion it’ll take to run the program each year in the ...

EdSource · How a charter school serving adults became embroiled in scandal and sparked calls for reform Early childhood advocates, lawmakers and the governor are pushing to gradually expand ...

Children in California could have a new stepping stone into kindergarten under one of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposals in his May 14 updated budget. Among his K-12 education proposals was a $2.7 billion ...

If there were ever a time to expand free early education for California children, this might be it. Teacher Shannon Faltermier sees the need every day in her transitional kindergarten classroom at ...

California has had limited transitional kindergarten — a more formal, academic form of preschool for 4-year-olds — since 2010, offering it primarily to the children who were closest to kindergarten ...

State leaders have approved a rollout of universal transitional kindergarten over the next few years, but San Diego Unified will jump ahead and offer it to all 4-year-olds this fall. Meanwhile at ...

Only a small number of California’s largest school districts are taking advantage of a state law that allows them to enroll more 4-year-olds in a pre-kindergarten program known as “transitional ...

A St. Cloud preschool program is helping students prepare for kindergarten. By closing the educational access gap, Preschool 4 Success helps students increase their achievement scores. But, how the ...

State leaders have approved a rollout of universal transitional kindergarten over the next few years, but San Diego Unified will jump ahead and offer it to 4-year-olds this fall. Meanwhile at least ...