Is Home-Based Public School the Next Big Thing for 3-Year-Olds?
December 31, 2018
By: Kendra Hurley
Source: The Hechinger Report
New York City recently introduced a plan that would bring 3-Kinto home-based childcare. It’s a move that other cities and districts are likely to watch closely. The school district is the nation’s largest. There is no playbook for how to effectively include home-based childcare in public preschool, and most programs have relied on schools and centers. (Home-based childcare is also known as family childcare or group family daycare.)
In a recent report, the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School explored the opportunities and challenges that home-based childcare presents for the city’s evolving 3-K program. The report identifies goals that a public preschool program might set in a home-based environment. Based on conversations with more than 20 stakeholders and education experts in New York City, the report also looks to other cities and states for lessons.