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 ...

Parents in a handful of classes said they are operating with a rotation of substitute teachers and instructional coaches — ...

On one wall, there’s a tank that houses two snakes — affectionately named Hot Chocolate and Ice Cream. This is San Luis ...

As California ramps up its expansion of universal transitional kindergarten, new research suggests it must focus more on high-quality teaching. “High-quality preschool instruction can make a ...

If your child is too advanced for preschool but not quite ready for kindergarten — perhaps because of a fall birthday — transitional kindergarten may be a solution. Pioneered in California, where the ...

California Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to eliminate funding for transitional kindergarten has created a statewide storm of protest from superintendents, teachers, and preschool advocates, who are ...

EdSource · California high schoolers get a crash course in finance Most classrooms in California’s transitional kindergarten program are stand-alone classes that may better prepare children for ...

Emina Kelley's 5-year-old son just missed the cutoff to start kindergarten last fall in Arlington, Massachusetts. His September birthday meant another year at his preschool. But Kelley's sixth-grade ...

SACRAMENTO (KPIX) -- Thanks to an expansion of transitional kindergarten by Governor Gavin Newsom and state legislators, all four-year-olds California will be able to enroll in publicly-funded school ...

Transitional kindergarten — a year that prepares children who aren’t quite old enough or mature enough for kindergarten — boosts school readiness and achievement in the spots around the state where it ...

SACRAMENTO — Transitional kindergarten, currently available only to about one-third of California’s 4-year-olds, would be expanded to all by the 2024 academic year under a proposal unveiled Wednesday ...