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This year, every 4-year-old in California can enter transitional kindergarten at their local school district. But fewer parents know about TK, and that it can be an option for their family, than they ...

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 ...

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 ...

Robyn Eckersley has received research funding in the past from the Australian Research Council and she currently hold a research grant with the Research Council of Norway. Erin Fitz-Henry does not ...

It's not just about ending the era of fossil fuels, it's about doing so in a fair way. The effects of the climate crisis have worsened over the past few decades. As hurricanes become stronger, ...

In the Berkshires, where housing costs are rising more quickly than local incomes, more people need subsidized housing, or housing that does not subsume over 30 percent of their paycheck. The demand ...

So what is it, exactly? Transitional design typically has its roots in a traditional aesthetic and then incorporates more contemporary pieces in a thoughtful way to keep the design ever-evolving, ...

With the presidential election called for President-elect Donald Trump, the Biden administration is now preparing for a peaceful transfer of power to its predecessor 76 days from now – even though ...

On Monday night, July 12, severe winds blew away about 350 tents in a tent city in the Port-au-Prince suburb of Corail-Cesselesse. There were no deaths reported, but six people were injured by flying ...

We are all a little house blind. That is, we put off seeing what needs refreshing, replacing, updating or upgrading for as long as we can. It’s self-protective. If we don’t see that the drapes are ...