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Preschool Education
Federal Investment For Preschool Education
Last Updated Oct 6, 2008 01:31 AM
1 Both federal and state governments have programs to helplow-income preschool children obtain these skills. Given the significantfederal commitment, it is important to have information on theeffectiveness of the federal programs.My remarks today focus on (1) the federal and state commitment topreschool programs, including funding and collaborative efforts and (2)what is known about the effectiveness of federal preschool programs. Mycomments are based on the findings from our recent report on earlychildhood care and education and our two reports on the effectiveness offederal early childhood programs.2In summary, the federal investment in preschool programs for low-incomechildren is considerable. Annually, the federal government provides about$4.6 billion in funds for preschool education and about $4.4 billion a yearfor federal block grants, such as the Child Care Development Fund(CCDF), some portion of which is used for preschool education.3Stategovernments provide about another $2 billion annually to supportpreschool programs. Head Start, administered by the Department ofHealth and Human Services (HHS), and Even Start, administered by theDepartment of Education, are two federal programs that focus ondeveloping cognitive and other skills needed to prepare children forschool.
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Preschool education describes the education of children prior to the age when they are deemed prepared for formal group schooling; i.e., kindergarten or first grade in elementary school. Preschool is generally considered appropriate for children three- to "Longitudinal studies, some of which have followed preschool graduates all the way into adulthood, have identified many positive and significant relationships between preschool participation and taskrelated, social, and attitudinal outcomes." (COTTON AND CONKLIN 2001) In recent years, significant reports and studies from across the world have highlighted the importance of the early childhood years.
For example, the Effective Provision of Preschool Education Project (the EPPE Project), identified four key findings on the impact o... REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO THE PROVISION OF UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
Foreword
Parents and researchers agree that the best start achild can have in life involves love, care and earlyeducation. Children who attend preschool havea better chance of succeeding at school and inlater life.
Yet more than 40,000 children in Australiamiss out on preschool education every year.
Children from the most dis... |
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