But as with all education, some programs are more effective than others, and curriculum is a key active ingredient. Most preschool programs rely on curricula that do not match the current science of ...

a professor of education at the University of Missouri and co-chair of the committee who wrote a recent report on preschool curriculum for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

The GSRP, which funds everything and creates curriculum standards, used to provide free preschool to low-income families only, but now everyone has access regardless of economic status.

This is called an “enriched preschool program”. It was integrated into the standard curriculum and delivered by specialist teachers working with the children’s classroom teachers and their ...