Children who attend high-quality preschool enter kindergarten with better pre-reading skills, richer vocabularies, and stronger basic math skills than those who do not.
The U.S. lags behind almost every other country when it comes to preschool, including Mexico, Chile, and Russia.
A child without an early childhood education is 25 percent more likely to drop out of school, 40 percent more likely to become a teenage parent, and 70 percent more likely to be arrested for a violent crime.
High Quality early education childhood care and programs can are proven to improve children’s chances for success in later life.