– San Francisco Chronicle, September 2, by Douglas Kirp and W. Stephen Barnett
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/01/ED3612LC8C.DTL
“When pre-K is done right … the evidence confirms that it can alter the arc of children’s lives. That’s why the goal of policy should be to guarantee every 3- and 4-year-old a preschool opportunity as good as what the wisest parents would want for their own children.”
– KERA-TV, Think, September 5, Host Krys Boyd
http://www.kera.org/video
“If you think about the investments that a state can make—investing in little kids, investing in young kids, investing in their education—is probably the smartest thing that could be done. Just in terms of who’s going to be the taxpayers of the next generation, who the knowledge workers are going to be in the next generation … it’s important to appreciate how valuable [preschool] is for kids.”