Leaders in education say, to stay competitive, Georgia must invest more in early childhood education. GPB’s Ellen Eldridge reports.
Caption Leaders in Georgia education are calling for universal preschool. Credit: Pexels.com
The lottery-funded Georgia Pre-K program simply is not enough to fill the gap in funding. That’s what Clayton County Schools Superintendent Dr. Morcease Beasley said during a recent hearing on early childhood education hosted by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.
The time from conception to 5 years old is a critical period because the brain is developing alongside intellectual and social skills, Beasley said, but Clayton County does not have enough available slots to fill the need.
Community colleges are staking a claim in the territory of online course marketplaces. They’re about a decade behind their university counterparts, who .
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