“We still haven’t found the will to ensure that all our children, especially the most vulnerable, have the early childhood opportunities they need. We owe our young children better. The gap between the rhetoric and the reality is stunning given the research, the support of our top economists, and the growing understanding of the importance of our children’s earliest years not only for school success, but for our nation’s economic success.”
Helen Blank, National Women’s Law Center, at Wheelock College, Boston, May 24, 2012
Eye on Early Education focuses on the twin goals of ensuring that Massachusetts children have access to high-quality early education and become proficient readers by the end of third grade.
Thank you for highlighting this statement. Too much of the time we are caught up with the details of rationing in the inadequate, patchwork, grossly underfunded system we have in Massachusetts and across the country. Yes, children deserve so much better….and they cannot wait.