Community Voices: California Preschool Directors Speak on Policy Options. Working Paper 07-1

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Autor/inn/en	Fuller, Bruce; Gesicki, Kathryn; Sweo, Thea; Jung, Sunyoung
Institution	Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)
Titel	Community Voices: California Preschool Directors Speak on Policy Options. Working Paper 07-1
Quelle	(2007), (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Economically Disadvantaged; Community Organizations; Child Care; Child Development; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Preschool Teachers; Access to Education; Administrators; Educational Finance; Expenditures; Middle Class; Educational Policy; Public Officials; Surveys; Enrollment; School Size; School Location; Teacher Education; Program Improvement; Unions; Preschool Curriculum; Competition; Nursery Schools; Teacher Effectiveness; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Kindesentwicklung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bildungsfonds; Ausgaben; Mittelschicht; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Einschulung; Schulgelände; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Wettkampf; Nursery school; Kindertagesstätte; Kindergarten; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Kalifornien
Abstract	California continues to widen access to local child care and preschool programs--albeit in fits and starts--for a variety of families. About 65% of all four year-olds statewide now attend a preschool center. Government spends $3.6 billion on early care and education programs statewide, including a three-fold increase in state spending since 1996. Yet preschool access and quality remain unfairly distributed among the state's diverse communities. Four year-olds from poor Latino families remain about half as likely to attend a preschool center, compared with their counterparts from affluent families. Young children from blue-collar and lower middle-class families are slightly less likely to enter preschool, even relative to poor children. One persisting question is how to grow more plentiful and higher quality preschools, and how to ensure a robust balance between organizations run by schools or community organizations. About three-fifths of California four year-olds enrolled in preschool attended an organization supported through parental fees in 2005. The remaining two-fifths attended a publicly subsidized program. Voters went against Proposition 82 in 2006, which aimed to expand preschools via county education offices. Despite rising interest among policy makers, the authors know little about how preschool directors understand and evaluate policy options. This statewide survey of 439 directors of community preschools--those funded outside of school districts--inquired about basic facts and their perceptions of long-term issues. They examined: (1) The size, venue, and types of children served by community-based preschools; (2) How these local programs are financed, including support from parents and government; (3) The extent to which community preschools face excess demand from families, or worry about vacant enrollment slots; (4) How preschool directors prefer to improve the quality of their programs, including teacher training options; (5) Whether directors welcome or question the possibility of stronger state control over child development practices; and (6) How directors view the prospect of a unionized teaching staff. (Contains 13 figures, 5 tables, and 8 endnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE. 3653 Tolman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-1670. Tel: 510-642-7223; Fax: 510-642-9148; e-mail: pace@berkeley.edu; Web site: http://pace.berkeley.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10