Baumgartner, ErinThrash, Courtney2024-07-232024-07-232020Baumgartner, Erin & Thrash, Courtney. "Strategies for Increasing Access to HISD Pre-K Programs. Research Brief for the Houston Independent School District. Volume 9, Issue 1." (2020) Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research: https://doi.org/10.25611/NGGW-QA40https://hdl.handle.net/1911/117389This is the second in a series of briefs examining student access to Houston ISD pre-kindergarten programs. The study finds that among 2018-19 kindergarteners in HISD who did not attend HISD pre-k, about two-thirds of students likely qualified for enrollment. Zoning pre-k, which would include adding pre-k programs to elementary zones that do not have them and/or establishing Early Childhood Centers as zoned schools, would increase access to pre-k by providing campuses in students' neighborhoods and reducing the distance to the nearest program. The first research brief analyzed the variability in who has access to HISD pre-k programs in their elementary zone, the neighborhood and within one mile of their residence.engCopyright ©2020 by Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research. All rights reserved.ReportStrategies_for_Increasing_Access_to_HIsd_Pre-K_Programshttps://doi.org/10.25611/NGGW-QA40