Failed Promises For Early Education Programs

Source: NPR Posted By: Benny Penito..4013 days ago

It turns out that the budget cuts that are affecting Head Start come at a time when spending on is shrinking across the country. From 2011 to 2012, state funding for pre-kindergarten dropped by half a billion dollars - that according to her recent report from the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University.

The director of the institute, Steve Barnett, is with us now. Welcome to you. Thank you so much for joining us.

STEVE BARNETT: Thank you, happy to be here.

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