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Tranisitional Kindergarten Expanding | 05.20.2013

San Diego Union-Tribune
Murrieta school district spokeswoman Karen Parris said the district initially planned to offer three transitional kindergarten classes this year. But the response from parents prompted administrators to expand the program to eight classes in five schools, Parris said. more

Pérez vows fiscal discipline from Democrats | 05.06.2013

Los Angeles Times
The governor would earmark the extra money for districts with heavy concentrations of disadvantaged students. Pérez and Steinberg think that all disadvantaged kids should benefit, regardless of whether they live in poor, middle-class or affluent communities. Moreover, Pérez says, "increased school funding alone won't be enough to give [disadvantaged] students a fair shot at success and joining the middle class." He advocates spending education money on quality preschool. more

President Proposes Landmark Investment in Early Learning | 04.15.2013

Huffington Post
President Obama's 2014 budget proposal calls for a historic investment in early learning that marks the boldest expansion of educational opportunities in a generation. more

Long Beach has jumpstart on transitional kindergarten | 04.07.2013

EdSource Today
When California school districts were required by state law to start a new early kindergarten class for some 4-year-olds for the first time this year, Long Beach Unified had an easier task than most: to simply expand the existing “preppy kindergarten” program it started five years ago. more

Sacramento schools chief backs Obama preschool plan | 04.03.2013

Sacramento Bee
At H.W. Harkness Elementary in Sacramento on Tuesday, education advocates bet on a positive outcome to those questions as they launched the Californians for President Obama's Early Learning Plan, which calls for expanding access to preschool across the nation. more

Californians for President Obama's Early Learning Plan | 04.02.2013

Huffington Post
Early learning is not a red state or a blue state issue; it is fundamental to every American child's educational success. That's why California school superintendents, elected officials, business leaders and child advocates are rallying behind President Obama's leadership on early education, and pledging to leverage the momentum for our country's youngest learners. more

Advocates launch state push for Obama’s early education plan | 04.02.2013

EdSource Today
A campaign to support President Barack Obama’s universal preschool initiative was launched in Sacramento on Tuesday by early childhood education advocates, a coalition of superintendents from around the state and Assemblymember Susan Bonilla, D-Concord. more

Head Start programs across the state cut services, children | 03.28.2013

EdSource Today
As the federal sequestration budget cuts kick in, Head Start providers across California are struggling to decide how to absorb the shortfall without hurting children. more

Power of Cooperation: Three Urban Districts In Washington Join Forces to Turn PreK-3rd Ideas into Reality | 03.27.2013

Birth to Thrive
Last fall, 70 kindergarten, child care and pre-kindergarten teachers packed the Edmonds School District boardroom for an evening to talk about teaching, how children were and weren’t getting ready for kindergarten and generally trade ideas about education from pre-k through third grade. more

The President's Preschool Proposal: What It Is and What It Isn't | 03.26.2013

Huffington Post
You will recall that in his last State of the Union address, President Obama announced a policy idea that makes a whole lot of sense for our times: universal preschool. It's easy to describe why this is a good idea, and I'll do so in a moment, but in recent debates, I've noticed some opposition talking points creeping in that -- surprise -- don't have much at all to do with what the White House appears to be proposing. more

Early childhood number sense plays role in later math skills | 03.25.2013

Associated Press
We know a lot about how babies learn to talk, and youngsters learn to read. Now scientists are unraveling the earliest building blocks of math — and what children know about numbers as they begin first grade seems to play a big role in how well they do everyday calculations later on. more

California’s transitional kindergarten closes achievement gap, could save money | 03.22.2013

CAFWD.ORG
President Obama’s State of the Union appeal for universal preschool access has stirred much debate on what it would mean for California. But lost in the cherry-picked statistics is the fact that this year, the state already implemented its own drastic change to early childhood education in the form of transitional kindergarten. more

Study: Preschoolers in poorest districts made 'significant gains' through 4th and 5th grades | 03.20.2013

NJ.com
Preschoolers who attended state-funded pre-K classes in New Jersey's former Abbott districts made "significant gains" in literacy, language, math and science through fourth and fifth grade, a new study has found. more

Passage of Prop. 30 opens preschool doors to hundreds in Fresno | 03.17.2013

EdSource Today
Thanks to Proposition 30, getting a spot in free public preschool in Fresno just got a lot easier. more

Letters: Praise for preschool | 03.17.2013

Los Angeles Times
The Times' editorial is misguided. The National Institute for Early Education Research provides a full review of the peer-reviewed research on preschool and sets the record straight: The evidence strongly supports the president's early education proposal. more