A New Study Makes the Case: Full-Day Preschool Programs are Better at Preparing Children for School than Half-Day Programs

Full-day preschool programs just got some good news. A new research study found that children who attend full-day programs are more school-ready than those who attend half-day programs.

"This is the first study to comprehensively examine the results of lengthening the preschool day and it has national implications, when only half of students who enter kindergarten each year are fully prepared," study co-author Arthur Reynolds says in a University of Minnesota news release. Reynolds is a professor at the university’s Institute of Child Development.

by Alyssa Haywoode

Full Story: http://eyeonearlyeducation.com/2014/12/15/a-new-study-makes-the-case-full-day-preschool-programs-are-better-at-preparing-children-for-school-than-half-day-programs/

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Early Edge Montana Montana is currently one of eight states without a publicly funded pre-kindergarten option for four year-olds. http://earlyedge.mt.gov/