In his State of the Union address, President Obama called for making preschool available to every child in America. But questions abound: Is universal preschool politically and fiscally feasible—or even educationally necessary? Should we be expending federal resources on universal pre-K or targeting true Kindergarten-readiness programs for the neediest kids? How robust is the evidence of lasting impacts? And what exactly is the president proposing? Join Sara Mead of Bellwether Education Partners and Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst of the Brookings Institution for a lively debate on the prospects of the president’s preschool plan. Register to attend in person on March 14 from 10:00AM–11:30AM or watch it live-streaming online.
