This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Break out the crayons and finger paint: Every 4-year-old in California is now eligible for transitional kindergarten.

The divide makes it less likely that students who struggle will get access to proven strategies, researchers argue in a new ...

This fall at least 200,000 California students are expected to enroll in transitional kindergarten, which serves as a bridge ...

Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying the word ...

Rote memorization is the recall of facts with repetition, without necessarily understanding. Fluency is the combination of ...

Fifteen years after a handful of school districts opened the first TK classrooms, California now has the largest -- and ...

This fall at least 200,000 California students are expected to enroll in transitional kindergarten, which serves as a bridge ...

California has fully rolled out universal transitional kindergarten (TK), making every 4-year-old in the state eligible for ...

In April 2024, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a much-anticipated report examining pre-K curriculum quality for children from ages three to five. The ...

The practice of "redshirting" is gaining traction in education as parents consider delaying their child's entry into ...

The practice of "redshirting" is gaining traction in education as parents consider delaying their child's entry into ...