Mady Wechsler Segal is Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, professor of sociology, associate direc-. tor of the Center for Research on Military Organization, and faculty affiliate in the Womenâs. Studies Program and in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland.
What is the minimum age for admittance to kindergarten in California? A child shall be admitted to a kindergarten maintained by the school district at the beginning of a school year, or at a later time in the same year if the child will have his or her fifth birthday on or before September 1 (EC 48000[a]): 2. What is transitional kindergarten?
States use public dollars to fund pre-k programs in a variety of settings, including public schools, private non-profit and for-profit centers, and in regulated home childcare.Typically states fund preschool for three-, four-, and five-year-old children who have missed a cut-off date for enrollment in kindergarten. Assessment of program outcomes has been difficult, largely due to the lack of data and newness of universal pre-k around the nation. 2  Studies in the US have not fully demonstrated the long term benefit of pre-k to middle income children, although studies in Australia and New Zealand with comparable demographics have.