By Walter S. Gilliam, PhD (Director, The Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy, Yale University)
There are some children who do not benefit from early care and education programs – the ones not allowed to attend because they were kicked out.
In fact, preschool expulsions occur at a rate more than three times that of grades K through 12.
Decades of research tell us that high quality early care and education programs impact children in meaningful and lasting ways, especially for those most at-risk for educational challenges. The primary goal of early care and education is to promote overall school readiness, especially for those needing the most assistance. Clearly, expelling or suspending preschoolers counters the overall objective of early education programs – to promote school readiness in order to improve later educational success.
According to a March 2014 U.S. Department of Education report, expulsions and…
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