A data analysis by KVPR reveals only 13% of San Joaquin Valley school districts offer dual immersion classes at the transitional kindergarten level, despite nearly one in five Valley K-12 students being classified as English learners.
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TK boosts development for special needs kids, but rising enrollment strains rural schools lacking staff and resources to meet growing support demands.
How transitional kindergarten is shaping young children in the San Joaquin Valley.
As universal TK expands, Valley institutions are scrambling to prepare teachers with early-childhood training — and state delays are slowing the pipeline.
Universal TK is now available statewide, but in the Central Valley, slow enrollment suggests parents remain unconvinced or underserved by the rollout.
Cannabis sales have surged in Washington since legalization in 2012, but educators, police and health experts say questions remain about effects on young users.
Advocates are particularly incensed that decision-makers have mostly shuttered schools in the poorest part of town — essentially creating school deserts in an area where families often have no car or share one.
In one of New Jersey’s poorest school neighborhoods, chronic absenteeism is more than a statistic — it reflects generational poverty, classroom chaos and a fragile public system.
As the US faces challenges to public school funding, activists warn that more people should pay attention to what’s happened in Inglewood, California.
Most Ohio school districts fail to test for radon despite EPA recommendations since 1989.