Groups Link Preschool Education, Economic Growth.

EARLY childhood education; ECONOMIC development; POLITICAL planning; PRESCHOOL education; PRESCHOOLS

The article reports that prominent business and economic-policy groups are renewing efforts to put early-childhood education squarely in the national spotlight. A report released in September by the Committee for Economic Development, a Washington-based economic and public-policy organization that represents top corporate executives, suggests that high-quality preschool is directly linked to economic growth. But skeptics such as Krista Kafer, a senior policy analyst for education for the Washington-based Heritage Foundation, say that the potential economic benefits of preschool education are often exaggerated.