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Download full textSwain, Walker; Wang, Shuyang; Kouaho, Joseph-Emery – Urban Institute, 2023
Absent a nationwide plan for universal public prekindergarten, states and districts have taken various approaches to increasing access to school-based educational opportunities for their youngest learners. Though some of these programs have focused on making public prekindergarten available to all families, others have targeted families most in…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Public Education, Equal Education, State Programs
Direct linkUnidosUS, 2020
Black and Latinx educators make up a critical portion of the early child education (ECE) field; 31% of the center-based workforce and about half of those employed in Head Start. These diverse educators are from communities where the impacts of the pandemic have been the most detrimental -- according to the Centers for Disease Control and…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Hispanic Americans, Minority Group Teachers, Early Childhood Teachers
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2018
"Looking Closer" is the eighth biennial report to SREB states on their progress in meeting SREB's Challenge to Lead goals for education. Each customized state report documents progress on both measurable outcomes and state policies. Through effective policy implementation, the goals can help states drive improvements in student…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Demography, Student Diversity, Enrollment
Peer reviewedMorrier, Michael J.; Gallagher, Peggy A. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2011
Special education placements for more than 69,000 preschoolers with disabilities were examined within and across five southern states. Data were gathered from the 2007 December 1st Child Count reported to the U.S. Department of Education. All states examined offered state-funded prekindergarten programs. Analyses compared disproportionate…
Descriptors: American Indians, Disproportionate Representation, Educational Policy, Preschool Children
Morrier, Michael J.; Gallagher, Peggy A. – Journal of Special Education, 2012
More than 67,000 preschoolers with disabilities across five states were examined for disproportionate special education eligibilities using risk ratios (RRs). Results indicated children classified as American Indian (RR = 2.25) and Black (RR = 1.64) were disproportionate in one state, whereas children classified as Asian, Hispanic, and White…
Descriptors: Special Education, Developmental Delays, American Indians, Language Impairments
Barbarin, Oscar A.; Early, Diane; Clifford, Richard; Bryant, Donna; Frome, Pamela; Burchinal, Margaret; Howes, Carollee; Pianta, Robert – Early Education and Development, 2008
Research Findings: This study analyzed the school readiness beliefs of parents of 452 children from public pre-kindergarten and the relations of these beliefs to socioeconomic status and children's readiness skills. Parents conceived readiness largely in terms of the ability to name objects, letters, or numbers, but few included inferential…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Reading Readiness, Socioeconomic Status, Parent Attitudes
Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, 2006
Valencia, Perez & Echeveste (VPE) and the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) designed a survey to capture Latino adults' opinions about the benefits, importance, and costs associated with enrolling children in pre-kindergarten programs. The objective of the survey was to gauge support for government-subsidized pre-kindergarten programs among…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Public Support, Kindergarten, Preschool Evaluation
