Educating Young Children Who Are Disadvantaged

Children that come from low income homes usually did not receive any education before they entered the first grade. Therefore, they started the first grade a few steps behind those who received preschool. In 1965, people started programs to help those low income families be able to afford preschool for their children. They took donations and only ran off of the state. Parents with low income didn't have to pay for anything in order for their child to get the education they deserved to be ready to learn in first grade. People were worried that these programs didn't qualify the learning process. They thought that these schools were a lower quality school for those that couldn't afford anything better. Of course these people were wrong. All the teachers working at these program sites were permit holding teachers. These teachers attended the same schooling and qualifications as those teachers at the preschools that make you pay. Evidence indicates that well designed and well implemented early childhood education programs are successful with low income children.