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 ...

To the editor: This article provides no perspective on the positive experience public transitional kindergarten gives to 4-year-olds previously served by preschools and child care (“Unintended ...

Two years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed off on an ambitious plan to make a pre-kindergarten program available to California’s 4-year-olds for free. That effort, already underway, is an attempt to ...

Universal TK provides a free, high-quality preschool option for all California families with 4-year-olds. This is critical in terms of access and affordability and ensures that more families can ...

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 ...

José Manuel Guzmán was playing at Mountain View Park with his kids on Tuesday morning. One of them went to transitional kindergarten, or TK, and he said it made a lasting difference. “My kid, who’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — Parents of toddlers in the San ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently touted the success of California’ transitional kindergarten expansion, saying enrollment in the $2.7 billion program had doubled over the past two years. His comments echoed ...

Transitional kindergarten student Vivienne Villarreal, left, and her classmates practice handwriting at Fremont School in Modesto. California’s Transitional Kindergarten expands, but families face ...