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Long Beach Unified School District Parents, Educators, Business and Civic Leaders Rally for Full Implementation of Transitional Kindergarten | 02.07.2012
Long Beach, CA – February 7 – Long Beach Unified School District Superintendent Christopher J. Steinhauser today led community educators, parents, grandparents, business and civic leaders in a rally opposing Gov. Brown’s budget proposal to eliminate transitional kindergarten and thus deny up to 125,000 children the right to attend public school. more
California Superintendents Call for Full Implementation of Transitional Kindergarten | 01.31.2012
Small School District Association Joins Preschool California, California Federation of Teachers, California Kindergarten Teachers’ “Save Kindergarten” Campaign to Rally Against Budget Proposal to Eliminate Transitional Kindergarten. more
California Federation of Teachers Opposes the Proposal to Eliminate Transitional Kindergarten, Blocking 125,000 Children from Public Education | 01.26.2012
Sacramento, CA -- Today the California Federation of Teachers, representing over 120,000 educational employees working at every level of the education system in California, voiced its opposition to the budget proposal to eliminate transitional kindergarten, which would block 125,000 children from public education. more
Kindergarten Teachers, Early Education Advocates Alert Parents to Implications of Gov. Brown's Proposal to Bar 125,000 Children from Kindergarten | 01.13.2012
Santa Clara, CA - In the first organized gathering of early childhood advocates since Governor Brown released his budget last week, the California Kindergarten Association, State Senator Joe Simitian (D- Palo Alto) and Preschool California alerted parents and early childhood education advocates to the implications of Gov. Brown’s proposal to kick 125,000 kindergarten-aged children out of public school classrooms. more
Governor Brown Proposes Kicking 125,000 Students Out of Kindergarten | 01.06.2012
Sacramento, CA – January 6, 2012 – In his 2012-13 budget proposal released yesterday, Gov. Jerry Brown called for kicking 125,000 kindergarteners out of California’s public school system, denying 1 out of 4 kindergarten students access to public education. This proposal would mark the largest number of students ever removed from public school classrooms in U.S. history. more
California wins $52.6 M grant for early education | 12.16.2011
California wins $52.6 million federal grant to support early learning and care. Other states to receive the grant include Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington. more
2011 Transitional Kindergarten Summit Kicks Off Historic Education Reform to Step-Up Readiness for Kindergarten Success | 11.07.2011
Education leaders across California are gathering to kick-off efforts to get California’s groundbreaking transitional kindergarten classrooms up and running in school districts around the state by Fall 2012 at the November 8th sold-out 2011 Transitional Kindergarten Summit convened by Preschool California and leading statewide education organizations at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel. more
Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Kindergarten Readiness Act | 09.30.2010
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday signed Senate Bill 1381 (Simitian, Steinberg), the Kindergarten Readiness Act, enacting a historic reform to elementary education that will help ensure that 120,000 more children each year are better prepared to succeed in kindergarten and beyond. more
California Legislature Passes Kindergarten Readiness Act | 09.01.2010
California's youngest learners are one step closer to entering kindergarten prepared to learn and succeed after the state Legislature on Tuesday passed Senate Bill 1381 (Simitian, Steinberg), the Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2010. more
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