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EXPANDING PUBLIC EDUCATION

Beginning School at Age 4

Evidence: Research with Additional Links

Quality Early Learning Lowers Special Education Enrolment (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?

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Full Report on Lowering Special Education (2019)

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. 

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Pre-Kindergarten Programs Benefit Children (2014)

Pre-Kindergarten Programs Benefit Children (2014)

Pre-kindergarten programs benefit children’s skills in core learning areas, new research suggests.

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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.