Study confirms value of Tennessee Voluntary Pre-K
Guest Columnist
Mike Carpenter
Mike Carpenter, executive director of Tennesseans for Quality Early Education, is a former executive director of Plough Foundation and a former Shelby County Commission member.
With news that nearly two-thirds of Tennessee's public school third graders are not proficient in reading or math, researchers report that the combination of Voluntary Pre-K and quality K-3 is a way to improve academic outcomes.
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