Education Kindergarten

San Diego’s 4-year-olds to get transitional kindergarten ahead of state rollout

State leaders have approved a rollout of universal transitional kindergarten over the next few years, but San Diego Unified will jump ahead and offer it to all 4-year-olds this fall.

Meanwhile at least five San Diego County districts do not offer transitional kindergarten and say they don’t plan to change.

San Diego Unified officials said they will offer at least 2,800 transitional kindergarten spots to families this fall. Any child in the district who turns 4 by Sept. 1 will be eligible for the program, which is being offered in 54 schools, district officials said.

“Regardless of where you live,

Education Kindergarten

This Salinas kindergarten teacher is getting creative with social media

Ben Cogswell

Remote learning and working are the new “normal.”

What does that mean for the young ones, 5 and 6 years old, who were about to start their educational journey in kindergarten? While adults may have a difficult time adapting to the remote world, children have an even greater challenge ahead.

But not all hope is lost.

Ben Cogswell, a tech-savvy Bardin Elementary School kindergarten teacher, has a plan and he’s sharing it across the web.

In his third year of teaching at Bardin Elementary, things took a rapid turn when a district-wide school shutdown was announced. However, it switched a

Education Kindergarten

Schools move quickly, but not easily, into all-day kindergarten • Idaho Capital Sun

Originally posted on IdahoEdNews.org on April 7, 2022

West Ada and Twin Falls school leaders didn’t waste any time.

Days after the Legislature pumped an additional $46.6 million into early literacy, the two districts announced plans to launch all-day kindergarten this fall.

And the Boise School District actually beat both districts out of the gate. Boise announced its all-day kindergarten plans in January — betting, correctly, that lawmakers would heed Gov. Brad Little’s call for more money literacy.

West Ada, Twin Falls and Boise are doing exactly what Little and his legislative allies envisioned. They are choosing to put some