Category: Transitional Kindergarten
TK, Head Start, preschool and more: What’s the difference?
A Castro Valley Unified School District TK student uses scissors to cut a square by following the lines on the […]
August 29, 2025
Finding the ideal TK teacher: A challenge of credentials and preschool experience
Top Takeaways As California expands transitional kindergarten for all 4-year-olds, districts struggle to find teachers with both early education expertise […]
August 28, 2025
Inside transitional kindergarten: Where play, curiosity and early learning meet
When Krystyna Kalishevskyi emigrated from Ukraine with her family last year, she had experienced more trauma and fear than a […]
August 27, 2025
California expands TK, but thousands of 4-year-olds remain unenrolled
A transitional kindergarten student at Castro Valley Unified’s Independent Elementary School stacks blocks during activity time. Credit: Andrew Reed / […]
August 27, 2025
Advocacy group leader talks about the challenges of transitional kindergarten
Credit: Randall Benton / EdSource Michael Olenick has spent his life pondering the preschool years. His mother, a childhood development […]
June 23, 2025
Transitional kindergarten comes of age in California
Students listen to their teacher during a transitional kindergarten class in Long Beach. Credit: Lillian Mongeau/EdSource Today Top Takeaways Transitional […]
May 21, 2025
New laws impacting education go into effect as the school year begins
George Washington Elementary School Principal Gina Lopez welcomes students on the first day of school on July 30. Credit: Diana […]
August 12, 2024
Tougher rules for pre-kindergarten rattle districts, cloud program’s future
Photo courtesy of Garden Grove Unified This is the third in a series of stories on the challenges impacting California’s […]
July 1, 2024
Lack of reliable education data hamstrings California lawmakers and the public
Credit: Alison Yin / EdSource This story was updated to more accurately describe the data availability issues. Details. Public data […]
June 20, 2024