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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 ...

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 [email protected] ...

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 ...

Transitional kindergarten students observe ladybugs at Oropeza Elementary School in Long Beach in May 2023. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Consider the humble lump of pink Play-Doh. To a parent ...

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 ...

Paso Robles Joint Unified School District will host a Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten Parent Information Night on ...

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 ...

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 ...