Early childhood education works; it's time to just make it happen

Tom Beebe:

If our children are going to learn in school and succeed in life they need opportunities to learn, like quality early childhood educational experiences.

The Wisconsin State Journal made that point very well in a recent editorial ("Sooner is better than later in learning"). Children from poverty face an array of problems that hold them back when they enter school. The paper talked about the United Way of Dane County's Parent-Child Home Programs as a way to "help more parents give their children a good start at learning."

This program and others, including Head Start and local efforts around the state and country, have been around for years. In this specific instance, United Way points to studies that suggest participants were better prepared for kindergarten, had higher test scores in elementary school and were more likely to graduate than non-participating peers."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at August 6, 2012 1:09 AM
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