If better is possible . . . then good isn’t good enough.

. . . The problem of skill differences among children at the time of school entry is bigger, more intractable, and more important than we had thought.

(Hart & Risley, 1995)

To disregard the current

research on early reading is

educational malpractice.

(R. Lyon, at 2003 Early Reading Grantee Meeting)

Quality preschool helps children, Quality preschool helps children,

particularly poor children, succeed inparticularly poor children, succeed in

school and beyond, and more than school and beyond, and more than

pays for itself by reducing the costs pays for itself by reducing the costs

of special education, dropouts and of special education, dropouts and

crime.crime.

In search of universal preschool Published Thursday, June 19, 2003In search of universal preschool Published Thursday, June 19, 2003

“Fresh paint, computers, supplies are all good tohave, but if we want our kids to learn more, nothingcounts as much as inspired and inspiring teachers.”

Rita Kramer, Author of Ed School Follies from Education Week, June 14, 1995

Information is machines.

Knowledge is people.

Information becomes

knowledge only when it

takes on a “social life”

(Brown & Duguid 2000) Leading In A Culture of Change