Report Details Features of Effective State Pre-K Programs
States wanting to start or expand education programs for 4-year-olds should link those efforts to broader school improvement plans, direct their services toward at-risk children initially, and set standards for teachers working in preschool classrooms, a report suggests.
The report, which examines prekindergarten initiatives in five states and was conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, identifies factors that either hindered or helped a state's efforts to offer effective programs.
Led by James J. Gallagher, a senior scientist at UNC's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, the researchers studied what had happened in Georgia, Illinois, New York, South Carolina, and Texas. Researchers chose those states because they have diverse demographic characteristics and have made significant progress...
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