"Social and economic disadvantage--not only poverty, but also a host of associated conditions--depresses student performance. Concentrating students with these disadvantages in racially and economically homogenous schools depresses it even further." Richard Rothstein

Educators debate back and forth whether pre-school is necessary. Unfortunately, for those children who need it most, preschool is typically a far-fetched dream that will never become a reality. Their option is mediocre at best and does not provide them with the resources they need. Those are the 22% of children living in poverty (Scherer. Educational Leadership).

"Social and economic disadvantage contributes in important ways to poor student achievement. Children in poor health attend quality schools less regularly. Those with inadequate housing change schools frequently, disrupting not only their own educations but those of their classmates. Children whose parents are less literate and whose homes have less rich intellectual environments enter school already so far behind that they rarely can catch up" (Rothstein, "A Nation At Risk" Twenty-Five Years Later, 2008).

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