Over the past eight years, states have dramatically expanded
their support for publicly-funded pre-k programs, and the number of children
enrolled in these programs has grown significantly. States are investing in
pre-k because research shows that high-quality pre-kindergarten programs can
have a positive long-term impact on children’s life outcomes, help narrow the
achievement gap between poor and affluent youngsters, and that the benefits of
these investments to children and the taxpaying public outweigh their costs.
In other words, high-quality pre-k is a key weapon in the… more
