Cities move on pre-k

Cities move on pre-k

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to offer preschool universally to the city's 4-year-olds is the latest example of mayors and cities taking early-childhood education into their own hands, writes Christina Samuels for Education Week. In 2012, San Antonio residents approved a sales tax to extend preschool to 3,700 4-year-olds, a program that started this school year. The Seattle City Council voted last year for a preschool program to serve 3- and 4-year-olds, and has started a feasibility study. These efforts join older city-run programs in Boston, Denver, and San Francisco. Not every proposal gains traction, however. Memphis, Tennessee placed a sales-tax referendum on the ballot last August that would have paid for 5,000 additional preschool seats, but it failed in November, 60 percent to 40 percent. In Houston, supporters of expanded preschool also tried to put a property-tax increase on the ballot in 2013, but a county judge said the effort did not comply with state law, a ruling upheld by a Texas appeals court. Yet even with setbacks, municipal leaders find themselves able to more nimbly address pre-K needs than state and federal officials. In some cases, cities already have experience with early education since they manage Head Start programs, giving them the know-how and infrastructure to manage their own programs. More

Source:  Public Education News Blast

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