New National Poll: Kindergarten Teachers Say Kids Without Pre-K Unprepared for School; Well-prepared Students Suffer

U.S. Newswire, August, 2004

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Kindergarten Teachers Say Kids Without Pre-K Unprepared for School; Well-prepared Students Suffer

Law Enforcement Group Links Quality Pre-K to Crime Prevention

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As kids head back to school, a poll of kindergarten teachers shows that they are nearly unanimous in the belief that more children would succeed in school if all families had access to quality pre- kindergarten programs. At a news conference releasing the poll results, law enforcement leaders will cite research showing that denying quality pre-k programs to at-risk kids greatly increases the risk they will become criminals.

Some other key findings of the poll:

-- In at least half the classrooms across the country, one out of five kids were inadequately...

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