As a result of a new state law, California schools instituted transitional kindergarten to give 4-year-olds who were previously eligible for kindergarten an extra year to adjust to school and ...

Ninety-five percent of the first transitional kindergarten teachers in California had previously taught preschool, kindergarten or 1st grade, but said they could have used more training on how to ...

Lois Hinkley started teaching kindergarten so she could work half days, giving her more time to spend with her daughter. Two years later, she found herself working full days again -- still teaching ...

BOULDER ” Educators know the achievement gap for low-income students starts well before they arrive in kindergarten, making it difficult for them to catch up with their more-advantaged peers. Finding ...

Kindergarten classes in the city are the biggest they’ve been in more than a decade – and some parents say their kids are paying the price. There are 7,616 kindergarten students learning in classrooms ...