“With recent increases in state funding, North Carolina’s high-quality pre-kindergarten program (NC Pre-K) is approaching enrollment of almost half (47%) of eligible children, representing about one in four of all 4-year-olds in the state. Yet, almost 33,000 children who are income-eligible for NC Pre-K (53%) still lack access to the program.”

-Excerpt from document.

By W. Steven Barnett, PhD, with assistance from Richard Kasmin, NIEER
© 2018 The National Institute for Early Education Research