Examining Program Quality Disparities Between Urban and Rural Kindergartens in China: Evidence From Zhejiang

In recent years, the Chinese government has initiated a national plan to universalize quality kindergartens for all age-eligible Chinese children. Kindergarten is the main form of early childhood education and care (ECEC) service across China. However, the government faces two thorny issues on the journey toward realizing educational equity for some of the nation’s most vulnerable children. The first issue is the critical shortage of...