دورية أكاديمية
California's Push for Universal Pre-K: Uneven School Capacity and Racial Disparities in Access
| العنوان: | California's Push for Universal Pre-K: Uneven School Capacity and Racial Disparities in Access |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Abigail Slovick (ORCID |
| المصدر: | Journal of Early Childhood Research. 2024 22(2):285-296. |
| الإتاحة: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 12 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2024 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Preschool Education |
| Descriptors: | Race, Racial Differences, Preschool Education, Equal Education, Access to Education, Enrollment Trends, Educational Finance, School Districts, Minority Group Students, Trend Analysis, COVID-19, Pandemics, Urban Areas, Suburbs, State Programs, Census Figures, Disproportionate Representation, School Choice, Public Schools, Rural Areas |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: | California |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1476718X231210634 |
| تدمد: | 1476-718X 1741-2927 |
| مستخلص: | Policy makers in California intend to provide free preschool to all 4-year-olds solely within public schools by 2026, becoming the nation's second largest single pre-K program in the United States after Head Start. This initiative builds on the state's existing Transitional Kindergarten (TK) option that has served a modest share of 4-year-olds since 2010. Tracing the historical growth in TK enrollments, we find that just 30, mostly urban school districts, enrolled two-fifths of all children served by 2020, responding to funding incentives and displaying stronger organizational capacity. Meanwhile, one-third of California's nearly one thousand districts enrolled fewer than 12 TK children. Black, white, and Asian children remained disproportionally under-enrolled as a share of their respective populations, as enrollments climbed past 90,000 children prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying factors that may explain widely differing gains in TK enrollment, merging education and local census data, we find the suburbs began to catch-up with cities in serving additional 4-year-olds, as well as districts offering school choice (e.g., charter schools). We discuss implications for other nations attempting to rapidly expand preschool, including the inequities that may inadvertently arise. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | EJ1424794 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1476-718X 1741-2927 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/1476718X231210634 |