September 30, 2021
Quality early childhood education is a key factor in preparing children for success in school and beyond. Advocates have long pushed to increase access to Early Learning in California, a state with almost 3 million children under the age of 5. Now, amid a pandemic and President Biden championing universal preschool, universal Transitional Kindergarten (TK) is poised to become a reality in California’s education space. The state’s new $2.7 billion TK program will be phased in beginning in 2022, until it includes all of the state’s four-year-olds by the 2025-26 school year.
In this roundtable hosted by EdSource, Early Edge Executive Director Patricia Lozano joins a panel of providers, advocates, and policymakers to explore the importance and impact of early education and how TK fits into the journey between preschool and kindergarten.