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National Think Tank Urges State to Increase Pre-K Investment to Remain Education Leader

May 23, 2012 /

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Massachusetts must invest more in pre-kindergarten to maintain its reputation as a national leader in education, according to a recent op-ed column in The Boston Globe.

"For many years, Massachusetts has enjoyed the unofficial title as the Education State. It is the mecca of American higher education with over 50 universities and colleges in the Boston area alone. Bay State K-12 students rank first in national reading and mathematics test scores. High school graduation rates may not be best in the country but with four in five freshmen receiving diplomas within four years, it is toward the head of the class and well above the national average," Jim Squires, a senior research fellow at the National Institute for Early Education Research, writes in "Massachusetts is the education state, for now." http://articles.boston.com/2012-05-18/opinion/31749848_1_early-education-state-funding-achievement-gap

May 23, 2012 by Irene Sege

Full Story: http://eyeonearlyeducation.org/2012/05/23/national-think-tank-urges-ma-to-increase-pre-k-investment-to-remain-education-leader/