I was at a faculty meeting on Friday and the topic of having creating a pre-school program in the district, free of cost to qualifying families, was brought up. This caught my attention because
1.) I need a job and
2.) I believe early childhood education is very important

I was reading up on PA’s Pre-K Counts program http://www.prekcounts.org/ and then I found an article from Associated Content at http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/396213/pennsylvaina_preschool_prek_counts.html?cat=9

According to this article only 31% of the children aged 3 and 4 in the state have access to quality preschool programs, and that was an interesting statistic. I really thought more children attended preschool than that. In undergrad, we learned alot about the benefits of preschool for children and for school districts. When children attend preschool they are taught skills they need to be successful in kindergarten and special needs are identified earlier. I would love to see my district start a program, we definitely need one!