Decades of research point to the need for a universal preschool education program in the U.S. to help give our nation's children a sound cognitive and social fo

There is increased interest in California and other states in providing universal access to publicly funded preschool education. In considering such a program,

Winner of the 2011 Virginia A. Hodgkinson Book Prize presented by the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) The spec

Examines recent trends in state-funded preschool education.

The past 45 years have seen the emergence of education for young children as a national issue, spurred by the initiation of the Head Start program in the 1960s,