Slow but steady increase in full-day kindergarten

Slow but steady increase in full-day kindergarten

A new analysis from the Child Trends Databank finds that since 1977, the percentage of kindergartners enrolled in full-day rather than half-day programs has more than doubled, increasing from 28 percent of all kindergartners in 1977 to 76 percent of all kindergartners in 2012. Increases were especially steep between 1996 and 1998, and between 2002 and 2006. Black kindergartners are much more likely than other kindergartners to be enrolled in full-day programs. In 2012, 87 percent of black kindergartners were in full days, compared with 68 percent of Asian or Pacific Islander, 74 percent of Hispanic, and 75 percent of white kindergartners. Eighty-five percent of American Indian kindergartners were enrolled in full-day programs. Regionally, kindergartners in the South and Midwest are more likely than those in the West to be enrolled in a full-day program (83 and 80 percent, compared with 64 percent, respectively, in 2012). Kindergartners in the Northeast fell in the middle, at 71 percent in 2012. That said, differences between regions have been decreasing. And demographically, in 2012, kindergarteners in low-income families and those in higher-income families were equally likely to be in full-day programs. The Child Trends website also offers an analysis of preschool and pre-kindergarten, childcare, and school readiness. More

Source:  Public Education News Blast

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Los Angeles Education Partnership (LAEP) is an education support organization that works as a collaborative partner in high-poverty communities.

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