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 ...

Students play with bubbles at Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach, a preschool serving children age 5 and under through a public-private partnership. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Yelena ...

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

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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 ...

As part of the bond implementation plan, more TK classrooms are expected to be built at Grant Elementary, McDowell Elementary ...

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, ...

The announcement followed days of intense public meetings, where concerned residents, parents and staff raised alarm over the potential cuts to the program. School district officials in San Luis ...

Transitional Kindergarten is a brand new grade that the state of California created for 4-year-olds who would miss out on starting kindergarten in the Fall because they would turn 5 just after ...

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 ...

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 ...