The state-mandated transitional kindergarten program, with 2,000 classes in California, marks the first time a grade has been added since 1891. Five-year-old Brayden is thriving in this setting ...

UTK stands for universal transitional kindergarten. English language learners ... who attended board meetings wearing matching yellow shirts that read, “We learn through play, DON’T TEST ...

Rather than send her 5-year-old son, John, to kindergarten this year, the 36-year-old mother from Brea, Calif., enrolled him in a “transitional” kindergarten “without all the rigor.” ...

TK is aligned with the California Preschool Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations, which were recently revised to more intentionally align and bridge the learnings across preschool ...

On top of the list? Registering new students. Here's everything you need to know to successfully enroll your child in a transitional kindergarten or kindergarten class for the 2019-2020 school year.