TK in the News

Considering TK for your child? Take a peek inside one ideal classroom scenario

Transitional kindergarten instructional assistant Nancy Espino reads a book about crickets to children at Silverwood Elementary School in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District in Concord on Aug. 11, 2025. Photo by Laure Andrillon for CalMatters

Publication: CalMatters
Date: August 2025

CalMatters.org K-12 education reporter Carolyn Jones interviews Early Edge California’s Director of Policy, Carolyne Crolotte, as part of a new story on the expansion of Transitional Kindergarten and it reaching completion in the 2025-26 school year, giving all 4-year-olds in the state access to this free, high-quality preschool option.