Sentences with phrase «quality public preschool program»

True, it doesn't cut our high - quality public preschool program, but for the eighth year in a row, it does not advance early education either.

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• Large - scale public preschool programs that are of high quality can have a substantial impact on children's early learning.

Proponents for public investment in early childhood education have relied on the work of Nobel Laureate James Heckman, whose studies have shown the positive results of early childhood investments, based on higher earnings, less crime, and lower unemployment among adults who had been enrolled in high - quality preschool programs as children.

In a national report that measures access, quality and investment in public preschool programs, California ranks high for the number of 3 - year - olds and 4 - year - olds enrolled in programs, but low on quality standards.

President Obama's «Preschool for All» initiative calls for dramatic increases in the number of 4 - year - olds enrolled in public preschool programs and in the quality of these programs naPreschool for All» initiative calls for dramatic increases in the number of 4 - year - olds enrolled in public preschool programs and in the quality of these programs napreschool programs and in the quality of these programs nationwide.

Stevens, for example, wants to know why advocates are so eager to believe that a public school system that hardly leads the international pack can be expected to offer high quality 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.»

Current benchmarks were designed to help states build programs, focusing on resources and policies related to the structural aspects of public preschool — elements needed for a high - quality program but not fully defining one.

Public pre-K programs providing salary parity maintain higher spending per pupil and higher quality standards, based on NIEER State of Preschool quality benchmarks, without sacrificing enrollment compared to states that pay pre-K teachers far less.

The public comment period is now open for a new $ 250 million Race to the Top competition to help states develop and expand high - quality preschool programs.

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.

They view universal pre-kindergarten as not just an end in itself but also a first step toward much more comprehensive public social welfare programs for preschool - age children and their families: prenatal care, parental leave, universal children's health care, and quality child care.

While there is some public funding available at the preschool level, only 14 percent of 3 - year - olds and 36 percent of 4 - year - olds are enrolled in a public preschool setting, such as Head Start or a state - funded preschool program, and even among these publicly funded preschool programs, quality varies greatly.

While many states publicly fund preschool programs, only 5 percent of 3 - year - olds and 32 percent of 4 - year - olds are enrolled in a public preschool setting, such as Head Start or a state - funded preschool program, and even among these publicly funded preschool programs, quality varies greatly.

Under the Exceed initiative, funded through the federal Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge grant, RIDE and partner agencies - the Departments of Health, Human Services, and Children, Youth and Families; the Office of Health and Human Services; and Rhode Island KIDS COUNT - are involved in an on - going initiative to increase access to early - learning programs and to improve program quality in public preschools, child - care centers, and family home - care centers.

The goal of the Massachusetts Cost and Quality Study was to examine full - day, year - round, community - based center care for preschool - age children (2.9 years to 5 years) and for infants and toddlers, pre-k classrooms in the public schools and family child care programs.

To examine whether state child care subsidy policies can combine goals of increasing maternal employment and increasing access to quality child care for children in low - income families, the research team studied one state's comprehensive policy, through a cross-sectional survey of 665 randomly selected families using centers, Head Start programs, family child care homes, public school preschools, or informal care, including a sample of families on the waitlist for child care subsidies.