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Advantages of Preschool

August 15, 2025 | Univision 34 Los Angeles

Ventajas del pre-escolar

In this Univision 34 interview, reporter Cecilia Bográn interviews Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Transitional Kindergarten (TK) parent Alicia Ventura about her daughter’s positive experience with TK. Early Edge Executive Director Patricia Lozano also shares some long-term advantages that TK offers the children that attend this free, high-quality preschool option which is now available to all children in California that turn four by September 1st.  

 

Patricia Lozano Executive Director

“They have better jobs, they finish high school, they go to college, there are fewer options or risks of going to prison. Amidst all of this, they have better job opportunities. Because we’re training them from a young age to have their brains do all the things they’re supposed to be doing.”

“Tienen mejores empleos, terminan el high school, van a la universidad, hay menos opciones or riesgos de ir a la cárcel. En medio de todo tienen mejores oportunidades de trabajo. Porque es que los estamos entrenando desde pequeños al que el cerebro haga todas las cosas que tiene que estar haciendo.”

“This year, Transitional Kindergarten will be available in all public schools in California. So, if your child is four years old, turns four before September, you can enroll them in your school.”

“Este año en California va estar disponible el kínder de transición en todas las escuelas publicas. Entonces si tu hijo tiene cuatro años, cumple cuatro años antes de septiembre, puedes inscribirlo en tu escuela.”

Watch the interview (in Spanish): 12:30-15:13


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