The Hill By Adrienne Bankert and Nexstar Media Wire
Especially nerve-wracking for parents at this time is the possibility of their children going to kindergarten unprepared as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Story at a glance
- A survey released in November by the National Association for the Education of Young Children found that 7 in 10 child care centers don’t have as many open slots because of limited staff.
- In Oregon, around 2,000 of the 6,400 children who were projected to take part in the state-funded, tuition-free Preschool Promise program were not able to do so because of staffing shortages.
- “Parents are concerned because education and early-childhood education are very important to child development,” Waymond Hayes, director of the early learning and youth development for Focus: Hope in Detroit, said on “Morning in America.”
(NewsNation) — There are not enough teachers to support the high demand for preschool enrollment, leading to some students having their education put on hold.
President Joe Biden, in his Build Back Better agenda, laid out a framework to establish free pre-school for 3- and 4-year-olds, but a shortage of teachers has made that difficult.
