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More than half of Pennsylvania 3- and 4-year-olds don’t have access to public preschool programs, even with slow-but-steady state funding increases over the past several years.
Pennsylvania could get universal preschool if President Biden’s social spending package passes.
However, the evaluation kids found kids who attended Pre-K Counts saw no gain in literacy, executive function, or social skills. “I think that speaks to perhaps some areas for the Pre-K Counts program to look at in terms of professional development,” Peisner-Feinberg said, adding that elementary schools should also consider retooling kindergarten curriculums to better build on the pre-K experience. The report also found no difference in progress between kids who attended Pre-K Counts for two years, and those who attended for just one year. That’s likely because most Pre-K Count programs...