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In the wake of the pandemic, which shined a spotlight on the essential nature of early childhood education and care, universal transitional kindergarten is poised to become a reality in California.

October 9, 2025 - For Chelsea Duran, returning to high school for her senior year means being on high alert, watching over her shoulder for immigration enforcement agents. This August, as schools ...

Yelena Hagooli has done everything possible to give her 4-year-old son the best start in life. She took him to the library every week, fed him the healthiest foods, left her job to care for him, and ...

Incoming kindergarteners get an “on-ramp” to elementary school as part of Oregon's Jump Start Kindergarten Program. Four years ago this month, one of the most devastating wildfires in Oregon’s history ...

A San Francisco Bay-area school has cut ties with “Woke Kindergarten” after nationwide backlash against the program’s curriculum and its founder’s statements. Glassbrook Elementary spent $250,000 in ...

EAST ROCKHILL — The Pennridge School Board’s curriculum committee Monday, Feb. 3 unveiled a proposal for a full-day kindergarten program at all district elementary schools. The proposal would phase in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Daryl Austin is a Utah-based reporter who covers health and wellness. Once considered a luxury of the upper class alone, parents ...

A California teacher who publicly criticized his school district's investment in a "Woke Kindergarten" program was placed on administrative leave Thursday, the teacher said. Hayward Unified School ...

Landmark studies of preschool programs in the 1960s and 70s showed that they could make a big difference for children from low-income families. But more recent experimental studies of preschool don’t ...