Media Coverage
Head Start Providers Stand to Lose Funding | 02.21.2012
Education Week
Concerns are mounting that strict new federal rules meant to improve the quality of Head Start preschool services for poor children could drive good providers out of business, as scores of Head Start programs begin to face the specter of losing the federal funding they have received for decades. more
Letter: Keep a full budget for early education | 02.20.2012
Petaluma360.com
Research confirms what I know from experience: high quality early education is one of the best ways to keep kids in school, on track towards graduation and away from crime. more
Barnidge: The not-quite-ready Kindergarten Readiness Act | 02.19.2012
Contra Costa Times
"This gives those kids the opportunity to still have a place in K-12 education, so they don't lose out on what they would have been getting," said Pam Comfort, county associate superintendent for Education Services. more
Learning From Preschool | 02.14.2012
Vida en el Valle
Multiple studies have extolled the short- and long-term social and educational benefits of high-quality early childhood education. Experts say preschool attendance has the potential to close the achievement gap and help train a global, multilingual workforce. But in California, Latino children are missing out on this lifelong asset. Though they make up more than half of all kids under age 5 in the state, only 14 percent of Latino kids are enrolled in high-quality preschool programs, according to Preschool California. more
San Francisco families pounce on pre-K decision | 02.14.2012
San Francisco Examiner
Parents who had planned to enroll their children in transitional kindergarten turned out at a meeting of the school board Tuesday night to protest the district’s decision to cancel the program for kids whose fifth birthdays fall after a new school entrance cutoff date.
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A First Look at the President's FY2013 Budget | 02.13.2012
Early Ed Watch Blog
President Obama released his fiscal year 2013 budget request to Congress this morning, and once again, early learning gets a boost. The president proposes incrased funding for Head Start child care grants and for IDEA: Special Education Grants for Infants and Families, as well as additional funding for the Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge. more
Fight to revive SF transitional kindergarten plan | 02.13.2012
San Francisco Chronicle
Dozens of San Francisco parents are fighting a school district decision to abandon plans for transitional kindergarten, a program created by state law to prepare children not quite ready for regular kindergarten. more
California funding to help young 5s far from certain | 02.12.2012
Modesto Bee
Transitional kindergartens were mandated for next year, axed in January's budget proposal, now likely to happen anyway. Confused? School districts say they are, too. more
Transitional kindergarten allows time for kids to 'grow up' | 02.12.2012
Modesto Bee
A 22-year veteran of leading kindergartners, LaMunyon said this allows a slower pace without the pressure to get every child reading and writing. "Basically we're working to kindergarten standards, but we're doing it in a more (hands-on) active way," she said. more
Positive outlook for FUSD financial fund | 02.09.2012
ABC30.com
Students at Thomas Elementary School in Northeast Fresno are getting a jumpstart on their educational careers. "He should have been going into Kindergarten this year and he would have been fine. But we didn't want fine. We wanted him to be confident," said Amber Flores. more
Fresno Unified tries to avoid layoffs in '12-13 budget | 02.09.2012
Fresno Bee
Fresno Unified plans to avoid layoffs next school year and expand transitional kindergarten to all elementary schools over the next two years, district officials said Wednesday. more
Editorial: Fresno Unified wisely manages its finances | 02.09.2012
Fresno Bee
Superintendent Michael Hanson and Trustee Janet Ryan made the budget announcement Wednesday, saying they are optimistic about the district’s finances because of its cash reserve. We support transitional kindergarten because it will better prepare youngsters for their elementary school years. Laying a strong educational foundation is a key to student success and ultimately will help improve the dropout rate. more
Rescue Union School District registration is opening | 02.09.2012
Mountain Democrat
Rescue Union School District welcomes regular kindergarten, junior (transitional) kindergarten, new student registration and transfer requests for the 2012-13 school year. more
Will the real Transitional Kindergarten stand up | 02.07.2012
Thoughts on Public Education
It’s getting so that understanding the budgetary machinations of Transitional Kindergarten requires a master’s degree, or maybe a Little Orphan Annie Secret Decoder Pin. more
Parents, districts oppose Brown's proposed transitional kindergarten cuts | 02.07.2012
Long Beach Press Telegram
In a rally at George Washington Carver School in Long Beach, teachers, parents and community members came to together to voice their concerns. more
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