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Parents say lack of childcare is hampering Big Timber, Montana’s growth – Why no Universal Pre-K in Montana?
Big Timber Daycare is the only daycare in all of Sweet Grass County, and community members agree that’s not enough childcare service for the growing rural community.
Dulcie Bue-Clavarino, a Big Timber mother of three, counts herself lucky as two of her kids attend Big Timber Daycare.
By: Alina Hauter
Montana Legislature Rejects State Funding For Preschool
The four Republicans on the committee voted against the proposal Thursday while two Democrats supported it.
Montana is back among states without state-funded preschool
Not only did the proposal to expand Montana’s pilot preschool program die, but a last-ditch effort to keep the program running failed, too.
MIT study finds young children who go to preschool are more likely to go to college
“ ‘It’s a pretty large effect,’ says Pathak. ‘It’s fairly rare to find school-based interventions that have effects of this magnitude.’ ”
Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Preschool and Childcare Policies
Identifying the specific macroeconomic costs and benefits of those programs for the U.S. economy between now and 2051.
Parents can’t afford daycare and preschool. Oregon voters are giving it to kids for free.
“How do you put a price tag on education? How do you say this particular child doesn’t deserve to go to preschool because his mom or dad or grandma or legal guardian doesn’t make enough money? That is a lose-lose situation for everybody.”
Montana legislators hear that preschool makes a world of difference for kids entering kindergarten.
Whittier and Hyalite Elementary are the only public schools in Bozeman to offer full-day preschool.
