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As the pictures here and on the following pages show, 4-year-olds in Carol Graff’s class at the Ignacio Cruz Early Childhood Center benefit from a content-rich curriculum. Students learn letters and numbers, shapes and colors—and have plenty of time to play, too. Kendal, left, munches an apple slice during snack time. Below, in the library center in a corner of the room, Steve writes while Laura reads.  \nfor details on Perth Amboy’s preschool program, see the article on page 30.  \nBy W. Steven Barnett and Ellen Frede  \nThe worst economic downturn since the Great Depres  \nsion may not seem the best time to propose a significant  \nexpansion of preschool. State and local budget cuts have  \naffected all levels of education, including early childhood, an area that we have studied for more than 25 years. Ascodirectors ofthe National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), we conduct research and engage in other activities that involve visiting schools, meeting with teachers, observing students, and writing reports on effective preschool practices and how to implement them. Our research is also aimed at informing federal and state policy decisions about providing preschool. To help in this, we track state and federal legislation on early childhood education. Based on our research, and our review of others’research, we have consistently advocated for universal access to high-quality preschool.  \nBy “high-quality,” we mean a program for 3-and 4-year-olds that develops their knowledge and skills across the content areas:  \nW. Steven Barnett, a Board of Governors professor, and Ellen Frede, a research professor, are codirectors of the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University. An economist, Barnett is a researcher and an expert in cost-benefit analysis. A former teacher, Fredeis a developmental psychologist and researcher who previously served as assistant to the commissioner for early childhood education at the New Jersey Department of Education.  \nlanguage and literacy, math, science, social studies, and the arts. A high-quality program also helps facilitate children’s social, emotional, moral, and physical development, as well as helps shape their attitudes, beliefs, dispositions, and habits. In rigorous studies, preschools that have demonstrated the largest social and academic gains for children employ well-paid teachers who hold at least a bachelor’s degree, and offer relatively small class sizes. They support teachers through expert supervision and professional development focused on their classroom performance.  \nPHotoGraPHs by bruCe Gilbert  \nAMERICAN EDUCATOR | SPRING 2010 21  \nAnd they are part of a larger system that provides additional resources for children who present special challenges (such as children with disabilities or English language learners) .  \nHigh-quality programs can be found in public schools, in private child care, and in Head Start, but they are few and far between. Research on the educational quality and effectiveness of preschool programs indicates that few of the preschool programs children attend are of high quality.1 Most might be rated as mediocre. A significant percentage provides little support for learning and development.2 Private programs typically have the lowest quality, but many public programs are little better. Alarmingly, public policies that combine low reimbursement rates and low standards for child care with increased pressure on parents to work may actually harm children’s development.3 What is particularly sad about this state of affairs is that preschool education has the potential to produce exactly the opposite result.  \nThe United States faces serious problems that effective early education can help alleviate, most notably high rates of school failure, dropout, crime, and delinqu","cbCairxlm7QYYn4i","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairxlm7QYYn4i","pdf",746660,"English","# The Promise of Preschool\n## Why We Need Early Education for All\n## What are the key characteristics of high-quality preschool?","[{\"question\":\"Why does the article argue for early education for all?\",\"answer\":\"It states that preschool education has the potential to produce results opposite to the current situation, helping address serious long-term problems tied to school readiness and later outcomes.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the article define as a “high-quality” preschool program?\",\"answer\":\"It describes programs for 3- and 4-year-olds that build knowledge and skills across major content areas while also supporting children’s social, emotional, moral, and physical development.\"},{\"question\":\"Which factors does the article say most strongly relate to preschool effectiveness?\",\"answer\":\"It emphasizes well-paid teachers with at least a bachelor’s degree, relatively small class sizes, expert supervision, and professional development focused on classroom performance.\"}]","The Promise of Preschool - Why We Need Early Education for All | PDF",1792071770,25]