In National Journal Blog: Why Not Formula Fund Pre-K?

Maggie Severns
This post originally appeared on Early Ed Watch.

This week’s National Journal Education Experts Blog drills into two perennial questions: If policymakers and the public have come to understand the importance of early education, why is it never an election issue? And how can advocates make it a bigger priority?

In my response, I note that education is rarely a big election issue, but elections aren’t the only way to make early ed a priority. I use an idea which we’ve discussed on Early Ed Watch before, formula funding pre-K, as an example of one way to make early education a long-term priority. Some states, such as Oklahoma, have already chosen to do so.

Read the post here.