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State Profiles
States across the country are facing the challenge of making pre-kindergarten available for all children. The states profiled here are leaders in the pre-k movement. Their stories point out the exceptional features in each state and highlight the outstanding work of advocates.
No state has a perfect system, but each has features worth noting and an advocacy story worth telling. In each of these states, advocates, parents, educators, and business leaders have worked with the governor and other state leaders to do what's right for their state's children.
All of these states, furthermore, are at different stages of development. Some are already beginning to provide pre-k. Others are just laying the foundation. Currently, only three states - Florida, Georgia and Oklahoma - have a system that provides access to pre-k for virtually all children, yet even these states have work to do. Florida's relatively new program is underfunded and lacking in quality standards. In Georgia, several large school districts choose not to participate, as do a few in Oklahoma. None of these states offers pre-k for three year olds.
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The Case for Pre-K in the ESEA
State Profiles
