Top Athletes and Coaches and Business, Evangelical, Retired Military and Law Enforcement Leaders Echo Call for Quality Preschool Through ESEA

(Washington) Representatives of five organizations today urged strong support for a call to ensure that the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provides a pathway to high quality preschool for children nationwide. The organizations urged policymakers to recognize the bottom-line impacts of quality preschool experiences on academic achievement, safer communities, stronger families, military readiness and the development of social skills that support success in life. The groups offered their support following a speech by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan on the 50th