Sentences with phrase «quality preschool programs into»

Citing several studies that tracked children who attended high - quality preschool programs into their adult lives, Rouse said research indicates a positive result from such programs.

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He says part of Obama's plan is to increase overall preschool quality by moving the 4 - year - olds in Head Start into pre-kindergarten programs.

Nevertheless, many high - quality preschool programs appear to reduce placement into special education and grade retentions.

JW: If high - quality pre-K isn't such a good idea, why are rich people in my neighborhood running around thinking that the Earth will implode (and their kid won't get into Harvard someday) if they don't get a slot in the most sought - after preschool programs?

As public institutions are being pressed to cut costs, our findings suggest that increasing access to high - quality programs starting in preschool and continuing into the early grades is an efficient use of public resources.»

In each instance, children who enrolled in a high - quality early - education program were tracked into their twenties — in the case of Perry Preschool, into their forties — and their life trajectories were compared with those of a matched control group.

do not provide adequate support (such as high quality preschool programs) to help young children and families make a positive transition into elementary school?

Below, we translate the measured impacts of the Chicago CPC program into estimates of how public investment in a universal, high - quality, prekindergarten program would affect future government finances, the economy, earnings, and crime and health, using the attenuations described above for children from middle - and upper - income families, and for children who in its absence would have attended some other preschool.