Hatboro-Horsham School District Launches Full–Day Kindergarten After Multi-Methodological Analysis from Hanover CASE STUDY CHALLENGE Hatboro-Horsham School District (Hatboro-Horsham) was considering a shift from a half-day to full-day kindergarten program. However, the district needed to understand if the shift would be operationally feasible for the district, have clear benefits to students, and receive support from the local community. SOLUTION Hanover Research devised a multi-step approach to conduct a full-day kindergarten assessment, which included: • Analyzing best practices to study the national trends, challenges, and benefits to a full-day kindergarten program. • Profiling peer districts in the Northeastern United States through in-depth interviews to ascertain how similar

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