Some teachers are making the switch from private preschools to transitional kindergarten. Others come from upper grades. Many ...

California issued 18% more teaching credentials last school year, compared with the previous year, but education experts remain only cautiously optimistic. The uptick comes after two years of declines ...

California issued fewer K-12 teaching credentials for a second year in a row and fewer students enrolled in teacher preparation programs during the 2022-23 school year, exacerbating the state’s ...

California's universal transitional kindergarten program requires nearly 12,000 teachers, but only 400 have earned the new TK-3 credential. The program aims to boost preschool access and district ...

A total of 17,328 new teaching credentials were issued in 2023-24, an 18.2% year-over-year increase, and the first surge in new teaching credentials issued since the pandemic in 2020-21, according to ...

November 26, 2025 - Come prepare a meal with the fifth and sixth graders of Pacific Elementary, in Davenport, California, where the district attracts students just for the lunch. This story is part of ...

Financial Aid (FAFSA, CADAA), scholarships, grants and residencies are available to Sacramento State students. We understand that for many of our students, applying to and completing a teacher ...

When Humberto Estratalán’s daughter started transitional kindergarten last fall in the Coachella Valley city of La Quinta, he was surprised to hear she’d be in a combination class with kindergartners ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing reports a rise in the number of newly issued teaching credentials in the 2023-24 academic year, ...