Low rankings on school funding fairness correlate to poor state performance on key resource indicators, including
less access to early childhood education, noncompetitive wages for teachers, and higher teacher ‐ to ‐ pupil ratios.
First, although pre-K attendance has increased in the past two decades, rates of
access to early education vary widely as a function of children's socioeconomic backgrounds: African American, Hispanic, and low - income children are
less likely
to access center - based
early childhood education than their white and more affluent peers.