The 74 Million – Kate Bailey
“In just the past few years, the United States has begun to provide the country’s youngest students with access to early education programs — and it’s an effort that couldn’t come soon enough. The benefits of early childhood education are clear. In a recent study, the Urban Child Institute found that pre-K not only improves children’s readiness for kindergarten, vocabulary, and reading skills, but can change the course of their entire future. Children who attend pre-K are far more likely to graduate from high school and more than twice as likely to attend a four-year college. They even have a better chance of owning a home.”(more)