Sentences with phrase «income preschool classes»

Building on an experiment in mixed - income preschool classes launched this year, the New Orleans College Prep charter - school network plans to expand its Hoffman campus to serve 228 students from ages 0 to 4 starting next year, officials said Monday.

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Data from 22,000 children involved in this study of the kindergarten class of 1998 — 99 show that, after controlling for family income, children who attended more academically oriented preschools had significantly higher scores in reading, math, and general knowledge when tested in the fall of their kindergarten year than children in preschool settings without academic content.

Upper - middle class and wealthy parents do not need universal preschool options, on average, but low - income children may substantially benefit from these programs.

St. Vrain passed a $ 14.8 million mill levy override that gave teachers raises, maintained class sizes, and helped fund preschool for low - income students.

The results illustrated in the graph suggest that family support in the form of putting more money in the pockets of low - income parents produces substantially larger gains in children's school achievement per dollar of expenditure than a year of preschool, participation in Head Start, or class size reduction in the early grades.

But when she compared the end - of - year test scores of low - income children who had attended preschool to those who hadn't, she found that low - income preschoolers who had attended preschool classes with peers from other economic strata performed the best.

Today, 18 students, most of the soon - to - be incoming kindergarten class, attend the optional preschool program.

Even though the benefit - cost ratio is about the same for preschool for both middle - class and low - income kids, a universal preschool program would still significantly redistribute income.

Why is there this pattern of benefits, in which preschool benefits all income classes, but earlier interventions in child care and parenting only benefit the poor?

This combination of universal preschool services and targeted early age services will provide valuable benefits to all income classes, and boost the entire economy, while also providing an extra percentage boost to the poor and reducing income inequality.

Universal preschool that includes the middle - class will expand the U.S. economy more than income - targeted preschool.

Myth: Preschool might be beneficial to low - income children, but children from middle - class families don't need early education.

New federal standards mean that children from low - income families will spend more time in Head Start preschool classes.

Myth: Preschool might be beneficial to low - income children, but children from middle - class families don't need early education.