The amount of time spent in pre-K schooling is important, especially for kids from low-income families. This, according to education professor Bruce Fuller of the University of California, Berkeley.
“If kids were growing up in poor households, a lot of these parents were working swing shifts, grave yard shifts, or they can’t afford high quality children’s books. So it is probably a resource problem. But when young kids are growing up in these more impoverished settings, then a quality preschool can pack a much bigger punch.”
Their study also found that middle-class kids showed no change in their academic performance if they stayed in preschool for a whole day versus half-day.
“If the teachers are very intentional about introducing cognitively challenging tasks, getting around in circle time digging into kids books, teaching kids how to count in colorful blocks, you can sort of get a big boost of that in 3 to 4 hours. After that kids might be outside on playground or the teachers getting tired.”
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