PreK-3rd

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) cannot achieve its goals of narrowing achievement gaps and improving student learning unless it provides much stronger support for high-quality education from Prekindergarten through Third Grade (PreK-3rd). A new issue brief from the New America Foundation, 10 New Ideas for Early Education in the NCLB Reauthorization, asks Congress to consider NCLB policies and programs that have the potential to affect education during the PreK-3rd years as part of NCLB reauthorization.

While quality Pre-kindergarten programs are important contributors to young children’s educational success, systems at both the state and district levels, must be in place to provide a continuum of quality educational experiences from Pre-kindergarten through Grade Three.

New Jersey has a unique opportunity to realize a PK-3 vision.

AMERICA’S VANISHING POTENTIAL: The Case For PreK-3rd Education Many people like to believe that American children are generally doing quite well in school.

New Jersey’s new school funding formula will provide thousands of 3- and 4-year-olds from low-income families with the opportunity to experience a high-quality preschool program.

In a November/December 2008 Harvard Education Letter article, David McKay Wilson looks at Universal PreK and the challenges its implementation brings to public elementary schools.

This paper was prepared for the Workshop on the Impact of Mobility and Change on the Lives of Young Children, Schools, and Neighborhoods, June 29-30, 2009.

A new report from the New America Foundation shows how key state officials, early childhood advocates, and school reformers have taken important first steps towards a seamless PreK-3rd early education system in California.