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Invest Early in Education
A Child's Mind Can't Wait
WE KNOW:
- Learning Begins W-A-Y Before Kindergarten
- Negative experiences, negative interactions, and lack of appropriate
stimulation can have serious and sustained effects on the developing
child.
Source: Rethinking the Brain by Rima Shores; 1997
- “At-risk” children who do not attend quality pre-K are likely to
start school at least 2 years behind other children in their class.
Source: C. Ramey, Preparing America’s Children for
Success in School
- Early Education is a Sound Investment
- A dollar invested in quality early education saves over nine dollars
in later education, welfare, and justice system costs.
Source: 2001-2002 Entergy Corporation Community
Investment Report
- High quality preschool education increases the ability of low-income
children to profit from elementary and secondary education, increasing
high school graduation rates and generating economic returns for taxpayers
in the form of increased income potential benefiting the state.
Source: 2001-2002 Entergy Corporation Community
Investment Report
- Working Families Need Help Paying for Early Education
- To purchase quality child care for one child, the poorest 20% of
families would need to spend at least 47% of their income.
Source: Arkansas Advocates for Children and
Families
- 3 of 4 Arkansas children living in poverty are in families in which
both parents work.
Source: Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
Quality preschool is the BEST investment
for an adequate and equitable education for our children.
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