October 22, 2026 | Learning Policy Institute, Early Edge California, UC Berkeley
Reporter Edward Lempinen at UC Berkeley News recently interviewed Professor Rucker C. Johnson and Dr. Austin Land, the authors of a new report “Who Benefits From Universal Prekindergarten?” The report found that children who attended state preschools at age 3 and transitional kindergarten at age 4, achieved reading levels nearly 11 months more advanced and mathematics levels nearly eight months better by the third and fourth grades.
On October 22nd, The Learning Policy Institute, Early Edge California and UC Berkeley’s Equity and Excellence in Early Childhood (E3C), a campus-wide research and policy initiative, recently hosted a briefing in Sacramento where the authors of the report shared their findings with California policymakers.