Trends in State Pre-K Policies
This Policy Outline explores 62 state pre-K programs for eligibility and instructional hour requirements, chronic absenteeism policies and governmental oversight.
Resources Found
Not seeing what you need? Use our request assistance form. To see a list of our reports by release date, please click here or for a list of 50-State Comparisons please click here.
Maintaining a Systems-Focus in Early Ed
Systems-thinking may not be top of mind during a time when widescale budget cuts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have required state policymakers to make difficult decisions, but…
Improving Early Childhood Education Systems
This Policy Brief explores 23 states’ plans for strengthening their early education systems, as they have detailed in their renewal applications for the federal Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five…
Pre-K Budget Decisions in the Age of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are exacerbating the shortage of available and high-quality child care, contributing to learning losses and the potential “COVID-19 slide,” and shifting instruction to remote…
50-State Comparison: English Learner Policies
The population of English learners (ELs) in K-12 schools continues to grow. Between the 2009-10 and 2014-15 school years, the percentage of English learners increased in over half of the…