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Early Childhood Education Facts |
High-quality early childhood education programs result in all of the following:
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- Better higher-order thinking and attention skills;
- Better reading, writing, and mathematical abilities;
- Better social skills;
- Less grade retention;
- Higher graduation rates;
- Fewer special education placements;
- Fewer behavioral problems;
- Less societal disengagement later in life;
- More economic productivity later in life;
- Less dependency on welfare later in life; and
- Higher sense of social stability later in life.
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High-quality early childhood programs include:
- Qualified and well-compensated staff;
- Low staff turnover;
- Low teacher-child ratios and small class sizes;
- Standards and curriculum that, in addition to cognitive, social-emotional, and physical ability development, emphasize language, early literacy, and early numeracy;
- Provision of comprehensive social services and nurturing environments; and
- Periodic licensing and/or accreditation of centers.
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