Investing in child care today will create a more competitive workforce tomorrow

As policymakers debate how to reform the U.S. education system, and early learning’s role in that effort, some advocates are suggesting they look to states for ideas.

Early education advocates are talking with senators and representatives about how deficit-laden states are finding ways to encourage expansion of pre-kindergarten, according to Kathy Patterson, a senior government relations officer at the Pew Center on the States. (http://www.preknow.org)

by Paul Nyhan

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