Rauschenfels, DianeHyman, RandyBrenner, Jill2012-12-052017-04-142012-12-052017-04-1420102010https://hdl.handle.net/11299/187519Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Education Degree in the College of Education and Human Service Professions, University of Minnesota Duluth, 2010Committee names: Diane Rauschenfels (Chair), Randy Hyman. This item has been modified from the original to redact the signatures present.Parents may have as many as three choices for which type of kindergarten program to enroll their child. These choices include all-day every-day, alternate-day, or half day kindergarten. This paper compares the reasons that parents choose one program over another. Even though parents felt that the consistency of every-day kindergarten would be beneficial, seventy percent of alternate-day parents chose that program because the cost of all-day every-day was too high. Cost was the single most deciding factor for program choice.enParent choiceAlternate dayMaster of EducationDepartment of EducationCollege of Education and Human Service ProfessionsUniversity of Minnesota DuluthPlan Cs (coursework-based master's degrees)Full-day kindergarten.Kindergarten.School day.Schedules, School.ComparisonScholarly Text or Essay