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 ...

Before transitional kindergarten, or TK, was widened to accept all 4-year-olds, many early education experts suggested that shift might undermine preschool programs, stealing away both students and ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...