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 ...

If your child has a summer birthday and has just recently turned five-years-old, you may find they still feel very young to you and wonder if they are truly ready for the big transition to ...

The Peninsula School District launched the first session of its Transitional Kindergarten program in January. This program brings an opportunity for children to get a head start on learning before ...

The principal at Harding University Partnership School says 136 students are enrolled so far in the Santa Barbara district's transitional kindergarten program for the upcoming year. Credit: Grace ...

Four Marin school districts will offer a year of free public pre-kindergarten classes for 4-year-olds under plans detailed this week. The programs in the San Rafael, Novato, Ross Valley and Mill ...

Following changes to state requirements, transitional kindergarten is expanding to serve more students at Poway Unified. As part of the program, all 4-year-old students will be offered universal ...

AB 1391, which was designed to get state funding for transitional kindergarten in basic aid districts, was stopped in appropriations as it made its way through the California Legislature. "I was ...

San Diego Unified School District leaders Monday announced that free transitional kindergarten is being expanded for the next ...

Almost all Marin school districts are planning new transitional kindergarten programs — or expanding existing ones — this fall. The state, which last year mandated universal TK for all 4-year-olds, is ...

In a major shift for early education, California is expanding its transitional kindergarten program to eventually include all 4-year-olds. While most districts will receive additional dollars for the ...