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Break out the crayons and finger paint: Every 4-year-old in California is now eligible for transitional kindergarten. Fifteen years after a handful of school districts opened the first TK classrooms, ...

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California has fully rolled out universal transitional kindergarten (TK), making every 4-year-old in the state eligible for free early education. With over 200,000 children expected to enroll this ...