Schools are expected to follow the state’s framework, Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations, when they set ...

Some districts don't have room for TK classes at all schools. Others lack the money to add toilets and playground equipment ...

More students are entering Kelso schools with kindergarten-level academic and social skills thanks to the district's growing ...

according to a recent report on preschool curriculum by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Transitional kindergarten is now serving nearly all 4-year-olds, but teachers ...

Caring is just as important as the curriculum when it comes to small children, experts say. Unless they feel nurtured, they ...

A new teaching credential is preparing teachers to welcome the young learners into transitional kindergarten. Jenny Gold covers early childhood development and education for the Los Angeles Times.

California's efforts to offer high-quality instruction to all four-year olds by 2025 are being challenged by the lack of ...

Two groups walked into a Cupertino Union School District board meeting Oct. 10 to battle over LGBTQ+ inclusive curriculum ...

Education officials and close observers, however, are still grappling with essential questions: Just how effective is the program, known as transitional kindergarten, or TK, and for which children ...

The Dilworth Elementary School teacher, who was not named during the meeting, spoke with students in a transitional kindergarten program last month about "sensitive gender identity topics ...

LGBTQ+ issues have ensnared a handful of Bay Area school districts as they navigate the balance between academic freedom, ...