It’s that time of year when kindergartners proudly march across the stage to receive a certification of completion, enjoy the summer, and look ahead to 1st grade. This transition once represented a ...

Heading into college at Eastern Illinois University after graduating from Sullivan High School, Heather Nolen thought she would become a high school English teacher. "This was until I was ...

California needs a lot more teachers and aides to fill transitional kindergarten classrooms, but advocates say early childhood educators who have the experience and desire to step into those jobs are ...

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April 16, 2026 - EdSource Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald explains how this election could reshape California schools. The first time I met 3-year-old Lincoln and his mother, I didn’t get a smile.

The report by the National Institute for Early Education Research found California met 3 out of 10 quality benchmarks for ...

Kristin Meredith always knew she was destined to work with kids, but she didn’t expect to find her place in a classroom surrounded by 5-year-olds. Now, 21 years later, she can’t imagine finding a more ...

California has expanded free transitional kindergarten to all 4-year-olds. But a new report says the state still needs to ...

On the calendar in Room 202 at Mission Education Center, there’s a sad face scribbled across Oct. 31. For the 4-year-olds in the Upper Noe school’s transitional kindergarten classroom, Halloween won’t ...