Meeting Families' Needs: Attendance Rates in Full-Day vs. Half-Day Pre-K. Research Summary

Autor/inn/en	Ehrlich, Stacy B.; Allensworth, Elaine M.; Tansey, Jessica
Institution	University of Chicago Consortium on School Research
Titel	Meeting Families' Needs: Attendance Rates in Full-Day vs. Half-Day Pre-K. Research Summary
Quelle	(2022), (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-7338412-9-0
Schlagwörter	Family Needs; Attendance; Preschool Education; Access to Education; Enrollment; Diseases; Barriers; Family Work Relationship; School Schedules; Transportation; Sibling Relationship; African American Students; Trend Analysis; Asian American Students; White Students; Hispanic American Students; Pacific Islanders; Comparative Analysis; Public Schools; Child Care; Illinois (Chicago) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Anwesenheit; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Einschulung; Disease; Krankheit; Schulzeiteinteilung; Verkehrswesen; Sibling relations; Geschwisterbeziehung; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Trendanalyse; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung
Abstract	Evidence of the short- and long- term benefits of Pre-K is so compelling that K-12 districts, state education departments, and even federal officials have considered offering universal Pre-K at no cost to children and families. In Chicago, a plan published in March 2019 aimed to provide free Pre-K for all Chicago four-year-olds, regardless of income, by the fall of 2021. But while support for and enrollment rates in Pre-K have increased, attendance rates among students enrolled in Pre-K are lower than attendance rates in other elementary grades. Why are Pre-K students absent? While illness is a leading cause, logistical issues also pose challenges to families. Interviews with families suggest logistical challenges are greater for families in half-day programs. It can be difficult to pick students up in the middle of the day when parents are working. In addition, when a student is enrolled in a half-day program, families may be less inclined or able to spend limited resources and energy solving childcare issues, work schedule conflicts, transportation problems, a sick sibling, or other family commitments for a few hours of instruction. The researchers studied two initiatives that increased the availability of full-day Pre-K in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to examine changes in attendance rates that occurred when students enrolled in full-day, rather than half-day, Pre-K programs: (1) CPS-Wide Full-Day Pre-K Expansion; and (2) The North Lawndale Cluster Initiative. The key finding from the report concludes when programs offered more full-day options, attendance rates increased, particularly for Black students. This suggests that full-day Pre-K better meets the needs of families' daily lives in ways that enable higher attendance, relative to half-day programs. (ERIC).
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Update	2024/1/01