Delaware Focuses on the Economic Advantages of Early Childhood Education

Vision 2015, a coalition of community leaders trying to turn Delaware’s average school system into a world leader in the next eight years, calls for greater state investment in early childhood education. The group argues a strong start ensures children enter kindergarten prepared to learn.

"So much of the brain is developed in the first three years. If children don’t get that correct wiring of the brain, they often begin school at a deficit," said Ann Wicks, chairwoman of the Governor’s Early Care and Education Council and United Way’s Success by Six.

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