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PreK On My Way Case Study Report
2. Study Sample In collaboration with Scholastic, we selected a purposive sample of two school districts with experience implementing the PKOMW curriculum. 1 The sample included elementary and preschool center classrooms, which was beneficial in seeing PKOMW in action in different types of preschool settings, including classrooms with a sufficient number of dual-language learners. We successfully recruited schools and centers to participate in the case study. District A included two PreK classrooms from two elementary schools, and District B included two preschool centers (see Exhibit 2).
Exhibit 2. Sample Characteristics
Student population
Number of schools
% Multilingual learners
% Economically disadvantaged
Racial demographics
~50,000
100
15%
No data
~22% White 53% Black ~14% Hispanic ~3% Asian ~8% Multiracial ~0.3% Other 22% White 12% Black 58% Hispanic 4% Asian 4% Multiracial
District A Our Sample : 2 elementary schools, 1 classroom each
~7,000
10
18%
54%
District B Our Sample : 2 preschool centers, 1 classroom each
Below, we provide an overview of the two districts in our case study.
District A
District A includes more than 100 schools and serves slightly fewer than 50,000 children, with 80 percent of these children being historically minoritized children. Approximately 15 percent of the children are dual-language learners, and 78 percent are ethnic minorities. The district began implementing PKOMW in fall 2021. In May 2021, a team of early childhood teachers, administrators, and district staff members reviewed different curricular proposals based on different criteria — including diversity and representation — and began a curriculum adoption process. They decided to adopt PKOMW due to its diversity and the racial representation of its curriculum materials,
1 We submitted research proposals to each district describing the case study purpose and activities. Each district — which we pseudonymize as District A and District B — approved participation in the study.
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