We all want our children to have the best chance at a good life. Fifty years of research shows participation in a high-quality preschool program benefits children’s development and reduces gaps at school entry.
EXPANDING PUBLIC EDUCATION
Beginning School at Age 4
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The Rationale for Expanding Public Education to Include Preschool-Aged Children (2019)
Quality Early Learning Lowers Special Education Enrolment (2019)
If a formula existed for giving children something that reduced the need for, or intensity of, later special education that can be both emotionally and financially costly, wouldn’t it be excellent?
Full Report on Lowering Special Education (2019)
The Preemptive Nature of Quality Early Child Education on Special Educational Needs in Children
Given the growth of scholarship in ECE as well as the rapid emergence of the sector as an area of academic inquiry, a team of special education/mental health scholars opted to explore its preemptive nature.
Ready for Life: The Long-Term Outcomes of Quality ECE (2017)
The Conference Board of Canada report Ready for Life: A Socio-Economic Analysis of Early Childhood Education and Care, recommends that governments expand universal access to ECE beginning with full day Kindergarten for four- and five-year-olds and then moving to three-year-olds.
Pre-Kindergarten Programs Benefit Children (2014)
Pre-kindergarten programs benefit children’s skills in core learning areas, new research suggests.
A significant part of the solution to early learning and child care resides in our schools by offering universal pre-kindergarden for 4-year-olds as an extension of public education.