Early Edge California

June 28, 2023

Does your child speak a language other than English? California preschools want to know

California is trying to identify preschoolers who speak languages other than English and help them keep those languages and learn English.

January 17, 2023

Reactions to the governor's early education budget proposals

Leaders representing all segments of California’s education system share their reactions to the governor’s 2023-24 January budget proposal for early education.

July 11, 2022

More teachers, outreach needed to support California's youngest English learners

California can create a national model for expanding educational opportunities for students and crafting groundbreaking policies that serve to properly identify and serve dual language students.

Patricia Lozano and Feliza Ortiz-Licon

Commentary

January 13, 2022

The right priorities? Reactions to Gov. Newsom's 2022-23 early ed budget

Leaders representing all segments of California’s education system share their reactions to the governor’s May revision of the 2021-22 budget.

September 30, 2021

Hope, caution among experts as California rolls out transitional kindergarten for all 4-year-olds

The EdSource roundtable included policymakers, researchers, advocates and a transitional kindergarten teacher, who discussed the expansion of TK.

July 8, 2020

Helping English learners succeed should be a top priority for schools amid the pandemic

Professional development for teachers is key to closing opportunity gaps.

October 7, 2019

California needs a master plan for early childhood

Advocates agree with governor's call for more planning before new early childhood funds are spent.

Patricia Lozano, Mayra E. Alvarez and Scott Moore

English Learners

March 19, 2019

New training for California preschool teachers to help bilingual children prepare for kindergarten

The trainings teach preschool teachers how to help children learn English and keep their home languages, so they can be more successful in kindergarten and beyond.

February 4, 2019

Gun violence in schools and college affordability highest priorities for California voters, poll finds

Voters polled view early childhood programs as important but don't rank them as top priorities and are lukewarm about spending more for them.

August 30, 2017

Early Edge California appoints new executive director to lead early education efforts

Patricia Lozano has extensive experience in early childhood policy and research, as well as dual language education.

July 2, 2017

Research shows transitional kindergarten benefit for English learners

English learners in transitional kindergarten show significant gains.

May 16, 2017

Gov. Brown's revised budget plan draws mixed response from early education advocates

While early education advocates say they appreciate Gov. Jerry Brown keeping last year’s promise to increase preschool funding, they lamented that the May budget revision didn’t include additional money and changes that would allow more low-income families to qualify for subsidized child care.