时间:2019-01-17 作者:英语课 分类:2017年NPR美国国家公共电台5月


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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:


More states than ever are funding preschool. That is according to a new report from the National Institute for Early Education Research or NIEER. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.


CLAUDIO SANCHEZ, BYLINE 1: Forty-three states plus the District of Columbia and Guam today offer pre-K programs. They serve about 1.5 million children across the country, mostly 3 and 4 year olds. Total state spending on preschool is now about $7.4 billion, an 8 percent increase since last year. That increase has pushed spending to nearly $5,000 per child.


Overall, the quality of state-funded preschool programs has improved. Alabama and Rhode Island lead the way with standards that include smaller class sizes and well-trained teachers. So yes, these findings are encouraging, but Steve Barnett, head of NIEER, cautions that the quality of preschool programs nationwide is very uneven 2.


STEVEN BARNETT: The growing inequality between the states that have moved ahead and states who do nothing is really stark 3.


SANCHEZ: Barnett says the reasons for that vary. Florida, for example, spends roughly half of what Alabama and most other states spend. And many of these programs only reach a fraction of their 3 and 4 year olds. Seven states do not fund preschool at all. Claudio Sanchez, NPR News.


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  • We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。
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