Category: Universal Preschool
Call for sustained funding for California’s UPK program
Transitional kindergarten teacher Claudia Herrera shows a chart to preschool student Kaitleen Hernandez-Garcia. Sarah Tully, EdSource This fall, California achieved […]
January 6, 2026
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
Transitional kindergarten can’t expand without the right kind of classrooms
Credit: Sarah Tully/EdSource This is the fourth in a series of stories on the challenges impacting California’s efforts to offer […]
October 16, 2024
Should 4-year-olds have to take an English proficiency test?
Credit: Allison Shelley for American Education Four-year-olds are crying, putting their heads on their desks or simply refusing to answer […]
March 28, 2024