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Center for Children's Initiatives, 2020
This briefing guide offers the latest data on the availability of child care and pre-K by legislative district as well as new documentation on affordability by county and median salaries for early childhood educators. Today 9 out of 10 families cannot afford quality child care. Further 4 out of 5 four-year olds outside of New York City have no…
Descriptors: Budgets, Child Care, Educational Quality, Preschool Children
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Garver, Karin; Weisenfeld, G. G.; Connors-Tadros, Lori; Hodges, Katherine; Melnick, Hanna; Plasencia, Sara – Learning Policy Institute, 2023
Most states in the United States operate their public preschool programs in a mixed delivery system that serves children in local education agencies (LEAs) as well as non-LEA settings, such as Head Start agencies, child care centers, private schools, and family child care homes. To inform state preschool administrators and policymakers as they…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, State Policy, School Districts, Delivery Systems
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Mitchel, Ashley Libetti; Mead, Sara – Education Next, 2017
Over the past 20 years, both charter schools and pre-kindergarten education have taken on increasingly prominent roles in the schooling of America's children. Charter schools in 43 states now serve more than 2.6 million students--roughly six percent of all students attending public schools. More than two-thirds of four-year-olds attend some form…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Preschool Education, Low Income, Educational Benefits
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Burchinal, Margaret; Howes, Carollee; Pianta, Robert; Bryant, Donna; Early, Diane; Clifford, Richard; Barbarin, Oscar – Applied Developmental Science, 2008
Publicly funded prekindergartens are programs that most states use to promote school readiness, especially of 4-year-old children at risk for academic problems due to poverty. Despite large public expenditures, these programs have not been widely evaluated. We examined 240 randomly selected pre-kindergarten programs in six states with mature…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers
Erickson, Anne; And Others – 1986
A profile of child welfare in the State of New York is presented in this booklet, which includes many documentary photographs and statistics drawn from a variety of sources. General facts about population size and income levels are provided, as well as data on children's health care, hunger, and nutrition; juvenile justice; children alone and at…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Children, Disadvantaged Youth
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Parent Education, Student and Child Development and Community School Programs. – 1990
The purpose of Part 151 of the regulations of the New York Commissioner of Education is to carry out the legislative intent to provide financial assistance to school districts. This assistance is provided for the operation of experimental prekindergarten programs for children with educational needs associated with poverty. Section 2 of Part 151…
Descriptors: Child Health, Definitions, Discipline, Educational Facilities
Passantino, Claire; Kenyon, Susan – Education Law Center, 2004
The goal of this guide is to provide information, support and practical tools that may help educators design, implement, and evaluate their school's standards-based education program. In order to work, a comprehensive, standards-based educational program must, by definition, be the organizing structure upon which the school program operates.…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, School Activities, Community Schools, Classroom Observation Techniques