Dive Brief:
- The non-partisan New America Foundation has published a report with policy suggestions for pre-K learning.
- Ultimately, the non-profit believes pre-K programs should look more like the rest of K-12 in terms of funding, school hours, and the expectations of the educator's role.
- The report is a follow up to a winter analysis on early education that highlighted the discrepancy between the high enthusiasm for early education and low access.
Dive Insight:
Some suggestions from the most recent paper: Linking K-12 schools to early education in a more seamless manner, such as pre-K-3 schools; including pre-K in teacher licensing requirements; and expanding the National Assessment for Educational Progress so it first tests students in the first grade rather than the fourth grade.