KSL+: The push for full-day kindergarten in Utah
Aug 11, 2022, 4:53 PM
SALT LAKE CITY — Eighty-two percent of the nation’s kindergarten children participate in full-day kindergarten.
In Utah in 2021, that number was just 30%.
At the start of this new school year, Utah has hundreds more full-day kindergarten classes thanks to new funding. This week, a closer look at how the state compares to the country in the classroom and why some parents and educators say Utah still has a long way to go.