02/14/2013 - In his State of the Union address, President Barack
Obama called for universal access to preschool for American
children. "Study after study shows that the sooner a child
begins learning, the better he or she does down the road," Obama
said. The Pew Charitable Trusts completed its 10-year campaign
to advance high-quality, voluntary pre-kindergarten for all
three- and four-year-olds in 2011. Through its successes, Pre-K
Now changed the national conversation about pre-k education, and
in its final report, challenged the nation’s policy makers to
transform public education by moving away from the current K-12
system to pre-K-12. To read reports and other resources, visit
the Pre-K Now campaign website.