Three California schools win national Green Ribbon awards - by Lillian Mongeau
Three schools and one school district in California were honored today in the U.S. Department of Education’s annual Green Ribbon contest, which recognizes environmentally friendly facilities, outdoor...
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Transitional kindergarten teachers say they need more training - by Lillian...
Ninety-five percent of the first transitional kindergarten teachers in California had previously taught preschool, kindergarten or 1st grade, but said they could have used more training on how to teach...
View ArticleCalifornia state preschool enrollment dropped in 2012-13 - by Lillian Mongeau
California’s state funded preschool program enrolled about 15,000 fewer children in 2012-13 than it had the year before, according to the State Preschool Yearbook by the National Institute for Early...
View ArticleSenate committee passes federal Strong Start for Children Act - by Lillian...
The federal Strong Start for Children Act, which would provide states with large grants to create or expand publicly funded preschool for 4-year-olds, passed along party lines today in the U.S. Senate...
View ArticleLegislators move to restore child care funding - by Lillian Mongeau
Three proposals put forth today during budget subcommittee meetings in the Assembly and Senate would restore tens of thousands of publicly funded child care slots in the 2014-15 state budget. The...
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School librarians a rare find in California public schools - by Lillian Mongeau
School librarian Shannon Engelbrecht reminds Tori Reese, 8, that she has several books overdue. Engelbrecht allows students at Charles Drew Preparatory Academy, a public school in San Francisco, to...
View ArticleSignificantly altered transitional kindergarten bill passes in the Senate -...
A bill that would make public pre-kindergarten available at no charge to children from California’s lowest-income families passed the state Senate today and heads to the Assembly for debate there....
View ArticleState education department awards $250 million to schools that connect...
The California Department of Education today awarded 39 grants, totaling $250 million, to schools working to connect students with hands-on career experiences on the way to graduation. The grants came...
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Thousands would lose eligibility for transitional kindergarten under revised...
UPDATE: After “push-back” to this proposal, state Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg has taken the idea off the table. Read more details about the latest plan for transitional kindergarten and...
View Article“Low-income” language to drop from transitional kindergarten bill - by...
Merely a week after proposing that transitional kindergarten become a program for all 4-year-olds from low-income families, state Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg plans to drop that language...
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