A Diverse System Delivers for Pre-K: Lessons Learned in New York State

Today, policymakers with an interest in school success no longer debate why states should provide pre-kindergarten; that case has been made successfully to voters, educators, and researchers. Instead, policymakers now wrestle with how to get the job done.Increasingly, they turn to what those in the pre-k field call ‘diverse’ or ‘mixed’ delivery, which uses both community-based and school sites to provide pre-k services. This report examines the experience of one state – New York – using a diverse system to deliver pre-k services and provides lessons for other states as they build and expand their pre-k programs.