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All parents hope their child will start school ready for success. Unfortunately, not every parent can find the high-quality early learning opportunity that sets their child up for success.
Earlier today the U.S. Department of Education released a new report outlining the unmet need for high-quality early learning programs in America. Roughly 6 in 10 four-year-olds are not enrolled in publicly funded preschool programs, and even fewer are enrolled in the highest quality programs.
Unmet Need
While both states and the federal government invest in early learning, these efforts have fallen short of what is needed to ensure that all children can access a high-quality early education that will prepare them for success.
Significant new investments in high-quality early education are necessary to help states, local communities, and parents close the readiness gap that exists between disadvantaged children and their more advantaged peers.
For Latino children, the unmet need is especially great. While Latinos are the fastest growing and largest minority group in the United States, making up a quarter of 3- and 4-year-olds, Latinos demonstrate the lowest preschool participation rates of any major ethnicity or race.
And while most children who have access to preschool attend moderate-quality programs, African- American children and children from low-income families are the most likely to attend low- quality preschool programs and are the least likely to attend high-quality preschool programs.
Source: blog.ed.gov
Foundation and philanthropic support for preschool programs from around the Web.
Foundation: Portland Foundation
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Foundation: Marin Community Foundation
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If you're looking for a fun way to spend your summer, the Newton Public Library is the place for you. The library is holding a number of free events in July, including a cartoon workshop, an...more
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Haverhill Public Schools and its partners, Community Action Inc., the Haverhill YMCA and Urban Village Montessori will share in $250,000 in grant money.Six participating school districts will be...more
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