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Victoria Wang; Melanie Leung-Gagné; Hanna Melnick; Marjorie E. Wechsler – Learning Policy Institute, 2024
In 2021, California committed to providing universal prekindergarten (UPK) for all 4-year-olds and expanding access for income-eligible 3-year-olds by 2025-2026. California UPK includes several early learning programs, including transitional kindergarten (TK), the California State Preschool Program (CSPP), Head Start, and locally funded early…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Access to Education, Early Intervention, Educational Finance
Loewenberg, Aaron – New America, 2019
There are many actions schools and districts can take to help ensure a child's transition into kindergarten is smooth and stress-free for her and her family. This report highlights innovative efforts schools and districts across the country are taking to ease the transition into kindergarten for families and students, including students who did…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Student Adjustment, Transitional Programs
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Baron, Sarah; Immekus, Jason C.; González, Juan Carlos; Yun, Cathy K. – Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 2016
The pendulum is shifting from teacher-directed approaches in childhood education towards child-directed learning where developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) inform curriculum and instruction. This study explored the perspectives of teachers and administrators towards the supports and barriers of DAP and play in Transitional Kindergarten (TK)…
Descriptors: Play, Kindergarten, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Teacher Attitudes
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Emfinger, Kay – Childhood Education, 2012
The transition from preschool to elementary school is an important period for all families but can be particularly difficult for children from low-income families (Pianta, Rimm-Kaufman, & Cox, 1999). Transition involves not only the children's "readiness," especially in terms of literacy, but also how families, preschools, and schools interact and…
Descriptors: Literacy, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education
Patton, Christine; Wang, Justina – Harvard Family Research Project, 2012
In this brief, Christine Patton and Justina Wang, from Harvard Family Research Project, look at ways of helping to make the transition into kindergarten a positive experience that will serve as a foundation to help children reach their full potential throughout their school years. The brief highlights promising practices in six states--New Jersey,…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Kindergarten, Professional Development, Feedback (Response)
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Clark, Patricia; Zygmunt-Fillwalk, Eva – Childhood Education, 2008
The kindergarten year symbolizes entrance into formal schooling and is a critical juncture for young children. Easing the transition into kindergarten to ensure the maximum success in that pivotal year merits much attention and careful planning. Since the National Education Goals Panel made public its readiness goals (1997), many states across the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Transitional Programs, Institutional Cooperation