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.
EXPANDING PUBLIC EDUCATION
Beginning School at Age 4
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Ready for Life: The Long-Term Outcomes of Quality ECE (2017)
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.