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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: Initiative Foundation
The Early Literacy Grant Program of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation provided grants for more than 21,000 children's books to 46 local groups. This program provides books to kids to boost...more
Maren Petersen-DeGroff, Children's Program coordinator at Parenting Now!, writes how a few hours a week in an intentionally prepared environment with age-based peers can help build the skills that...more
The U.S. Department of Education's Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Mid-Atlantic has partnered with the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) to provide support of their initiative called...more
A new initiative has been put out by the Southeast Missouri State University to tackle early intensive intervention for preschool aged children. Called "building blocks," the program applies the...more
Foundation: Otto Bremer Foundation
The Blooming Prairie School District has been given a grant of nearly $13,000 by the Otto Bremer Foundation. The grant funds will be used to supply updates to the preschool. This includes about...more
Foundation: Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Manatee Community Foundation
Nonprofit Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities, Inc. has received word that local organizations, businesses and individuals will be assisting with its mission to enrich the lives...more
The Arc of Orleans County has received three grants to support the Rainbow Preschool program which is serving children with special needs. The Children's Guild Foundation Inc. awarded a $9,864...more
Fifty-six nonprofits in southwestern Oregon have been awarded a grant by the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation. The grant in the total amount of $440,130 is directed towards youth education and...more
The Arlington Education Foundation awarded grants to some local schools for the promotion of innovative teaching through programs that range from weaving to music therapy. The nonprofit...more
A mitigation fund will be used to treat the residents in Wilmington with asthma caused by the emissions spewed from the nearby Port of Los Angeles. The fund was used to install nine portable air...more
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