Richland Source

Discovery kindergarten students ask questions that make learning concrete

It all started with a connection to a story, and led to 30 excited children seeing a cement truck up close in the school ...
LAist

California created a new grade for 4-year-olds, and it's re-energizing teachers

Education researchers say happier teachers are more likely to stay and that stability can be good for long-term learning ...
Yahoo

Kindergarten Math is Often Too Basic. Here’s Why That’s a Problem

This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report. ASTON, Pa.— In Jodie Murphy’s kindergarten class, math lessons go beyond the basics of counting and recognizing numbers. On a recent ...
EdSource

Transitional kindergarten can’t expand without the right kind of classrooms

This is the fourth in a series of stories on the challenges impacting California’s efforts to offer high-quality instruction to all 4-year-olds by 2025. Transitional kindergarten for all 4-year-olds ...
KQED

California Teacher Shortage Hinders Transitional Kindergarten and Bilingual Education Goals

California is in the middle of an ambitious plan to offer transitional kindergarten to all 4-year-olds by the 2025–26 school year in what’s poised to be the largest free preschool program in the ...
LAist

California needs thousands of teachers for its preschool program. Here's what it's like to be one

Some teachers are making the switch from private preschools to transitional kindergarten. Others come from upper grades. Many ...
The Hechinger Report

Kindergarten math is often too basic. Here’s why that’s a problem

Two students in Danielle Adler’s kindergarten class at Marcus Hook Elementary School in Marcus Hook, Pa., prepare for an addition problem. Credit: Holly Korbey for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...