kindergarten

Gov. Gavin Newsom extolled free school meals, universal transitional kindergarten and other accomplishments in his tenure in California, a period marked by over $100 billion in increased spending.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Beginning in kindergarten, children’s knowledge of numbers becomes more formal and symbol-based, according to Alice Klein, a developmental psychologist who studies early math screening and intervention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

He says the kindergarten his daughter goes to asked if he and his wife knew of other families needing a place.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

In Yalta, on the southeastern shore of Crimea, Viktoria Spivakova said she quit her job to stay home with her children because their kindergarten class was canceled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

“When we were in kindergarten, she was always eating glue and chewing on erasers,” George remembered.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

The state’s measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccinations among kindergartens fell nearly 10% over 13 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

Authorities also waived fees for public kindergartens beginning last fall.

From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026

Without the creche she would have struggled to return to work: she didn't want to lean on her own parents, and state kindergartens won't generally take children for a full day.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025

Getting vaccinated against hepatitis A has never been required as a condition of entry to California’s kindergartens or child-care centers, however.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2025

It had long been a leader in education, establishing one of the first kindergartens and introducing practice teaching to further the studies of its students.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson