Building Early Childhood Facilities: What States Can Do to Create Supply and Promote Quality (Brief)
Date Published: 08/06/2007
Author: Carl Sussman with Amy Gillman
Publisher: National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) and LISC
Fueled by mounting evidence that quality early education helps close the achievement gap, most states are increasing their investments in preschool programs for 3- and 4-year-olds. To help policymakers address the resulting need for new facilities, LISC's Community Investment Collaborative for Kids partnered with Rutgers University's National Institute for Early Education and Research to produce a policy brief on Building Early Childhood Facilities. The brief outlines strategies for successfully financing, designing and developing high quality preschool facilities. This is a summary of a more comprehensive report which lays out each strategy in more detail and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each policy option.
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Topics: Education, Children & Youth, --Child Care, --Educational Facilities, --Recreational Facilities, Policy, --Child Care
Type: Guidebook, Research paper, Topical report