To combat the effects of a district poverty rate that increased from 20 percent in 2006 to 49 percent in 2017, the district expanded its preschool programs and opened a childcare center. (iapss-in.org)
With broad support across the political spectrum, states and localities throughout the country are expanding preschool programs for low - income children. (mdrc.org)
And while states and cites have been adding to their preschool budgets and creating or expanding preschool programs in recent years, the comparatively slow pace of change is leaving us increasingly far behind early education in other developed nations. (hechingerreport.org)