New Case Studies Feature Superintendents Leading Early-Childhood Efforts
October 8, 2018
By: Linda Jacobson
Source: Education Dive
Dive Brief
- A program for 5-year-olds in Michigan’s Ann Arbor Public Schools, a partnership between local preschool providers and kindergarten teachers in Washington’s West Valley School District #208, and Texas’s Wichita Falls Independent School District’s work with community organizations to address the needs of young learners are profiled in a new series of case studies from The School Superintendents Association (AASA).
Dive Insight
- According to a 2017 Gallup poll, 80% of U.S. superintendents who responded said their state doesn’t spend enough money on early care and education programs, and only 16% said every family in their state had access to a high-quality early learning program. Just 16% also said most young children in their state were “prepared to be successful” when they entered kindergarten.