Preschool benefited the preschoolers' families, too.
Concerned about the drop-off in preschool benefits, policy makers and early education advocates are shifting their attention to a general improvement of preschool quality, often tightening the already centralized regulation of neighborhood preschool programs, the researchers note in their report, available online.
But this argument fails to acknowledge that preschool benefits all children (Gormley & Phillips, 2003; Henry, Henderson, Karoly & Bigelow, 2005; Peisner-Feinberg et al., 2001; Ponder & Gordon, 2003).
The U.S. is also at the bottom of the pack for preschool benefits.
Research shows that universal preschool benefits children, especially the most disadvantaged.
Cookies for Charity A program to acquaint children with charity called Teaching Kids to CARE will hold a bake sale with cookies sold by children from the St. Bartholomew Community Preschool to benefit hurricane relief on Oct. 20 from 8 30 to 11 30 a.m. at the Doubletree Metropolitan Hotel at 569 Lexington Avenue (51st Street).
So while he proposes universal preschool to benefit the future work force and new training programs delivered through community colleges for existing workers, Mr. Obama seeks to foster a stronger economy here and now, to drive higher earnings for people at all income levels rather than just those at the top.
According to Barnett, high-quality preschool programs benefit children from middle-income families as well as from low-income families.
He doesn't understand that preschool will benefit him down the line, that the experience of being around kids his own age will help him learn social skills, or that he'll learn to read a lot earlier than his sister did.
That evening, Mr. Vengerov performed a recital at a UNICEF preschool campaign benefit concert at Kıbrıslı Mansion.
"Yearlong pre-preschool stress-fests" might be unnecessary, she writes, because "research suggests that preschool only benefits children from these disadvantaged families (in particular, families that are below the poverty line, whose mothers are uneducated, or who are racial minorities).
