The leadership of state, federal, and local policymakers is critical to the movement for high-quality pre-k for all. Momentum across the country illustrates that pre-k for all is a bipartisan issue and will benefit every community. Policymakers, in collaboration with business and other community leaders, advocates, educators, and parents, can champion pre-k by crafting policies that ensure that pre-k programs are high quality, accessible to all families who want them, and supported by adequate and sustainable funding.
Learn about our vision for the federal government's role in helping states provide high-quality, voluntary pre-k for all.
Get the facts you need to build a compelling case for pre-k for all.
Review successful legislative strategies and language from states that are making pre-k a priority.
Find out about successful policies to build a highly qualified pre-k teacher workforce.
Understand the influence of advisory committees and task forces that bring together powerful, knowledgeable voices to articulate smart pre-k policies.
Develop a structure to grow, improve, and monitor a pre-k system.
Learn how policymakers can foster mutually beneficial partnerships between state-funded pre-k programs and Head Start.
Local, state, and federal policymakers all have the means to ensure that children of men and women in our nation's military have access to voluntary pre-k programs.
Find out how policymakers can offer families choices among many high-quality pre-k settings while avoiding the pitfalls of school vouchers.
Learn why assessments and evaluations of both children and programs are vital to the success of state pre-k systems.
See what key leaders have said about the importance of pre-k for all.
Read the stories and learn the strategies of policymakers who are champions for pre-k.
Learn how Latino policymakers are working to ensure the success of our youngest students.
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