In 1930, a young kindergarten teacher at the First Ward School (later Roosevelt School) was preparing her classroom. As she decorated her walls to make it cheery and educational for her incoming ...

A rendering shows what The Great Room at Cub Academy will look like. The open area will be utilized for indoor play and where students will eat. Submitted Renderings Franklin’s school board approved ...

Last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a $2.7 billion initiative to expand transitional kindergarten to all 4-year-olds. The state gave school districts only 13 months to prepare for the first wave of ...

Barrington School District 220 has formalized curriculum plans for its full-day kindergarten program, which is set to launch in August at the start of the 2024-2025 school year.. In a presentation to ...

Every 4-year-old in California can now go to school for free in their local districts. The new grade is called transitional kindergarten — or TK — and it's part of the state’s effort to expand ...

If there were ever a time to expand free early education for California children, this might be it. Teacher Shannon Faltermier sees the need every day in her transitional kindergarten classroom at ...

As the expectations for kindergarten have risen, the changes have put boys, who tend to mature later, at a disadvantage. By Claire Cain Miller Claire Cain Miller is working on a series of articles ...