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Story Date: 2013-02-15
Obama touts preschool initiatives in State of the Union tour
By Jeff Mason
DECATUR, Georgia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama turned his State of the Union roadshow to the topic of education on Thursday with a trip to Georgia, where he touted proposals to provide preschool access to all four-year-olds across America.
Obama proposed in his annual address to Congress on Tuesday that the federal government work with states to improve and broaden early childhood education to make the United States more competitive worldwide.
The White House cites evidence that investment in learning for very young children pays multiple benefits later, and his program seeks to make progress in closing the "achievement gap" - the chasm in test scores between children who grow up in poverty and the better off.
"Education has to start at the earliest possible age," Obama said in a speech in Georgia, a state he said has shown leadership on the issue. "We are not doing enough to give all of our kids that chance."
Obama 's proposal involves a cost-sharing partnership of the federal government and states to ensure children from low-income and middle-income families have access to good preschools, preparing them for kindergarten.
The White House has declined to put a price on the federal cost of the initiative, saying that will appear in the president 's upcoming budget proposal.
"This works. We know it works. If you 're looking for a good bang for your educational buck this is it," Obama said.
Prior to his remarks, Obama visited the College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center, which serves infants to pre-kindergarten students, hugging the children and helping out with a series of learning games.
"Can I help?" he asked a group of kids working on a sculpture with blocks.
"We did it!" he exclaimed after they finished, giving high fives and fist bumps all around. Despite the appearance of a visit to a normally
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Story Date: 2013-02-15
Obama touts preschool initiatives in State of the Union tour
By Jeff Mason
DECATUR, Georgia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama turned his State of the Union roadshow to the topic of education on Thursday with a trip to Georgia, where he touted proposals to provide preschool access to all four-year-olds across America.
Obama proposed in his annual address to Congress on Tuesday that the federal government work with states to improve and broaden early childhood education to make the United States more competitive worldwide.
The White House cites evidence that investment in learning for very young children pays multiple benefits later, and his program seeks to make progress in closing the "achievement gap" - the chasm in test scores between children who grow up in poverty and the better off.
"Education has to start at the earliest possible age," Obama said in a speech in Georgia, a state he said has shown leadership on the issue. "We are not doing enough to give all of our kids that chance."
Obama 's proposal involves a cost-sharing partnership of the federal government and states to ensure children from low-income and middle-income families have access to good preschools, preparing them for kindergarten.
The White House has declined to put a price on the federal cost of the initiative, saying that will appear in the president 's upcoming budget proposal.
"This works. We know it works. If you 're looking for a good bang for your educational buck this is it," Obama said.
Prior to his remarks, Obama visited the College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center, which serves infants to pre-kindergarten students, hugging the children and helping out with a series of learning games.
"Can I help?" he asked a group of kids working on a sculpture with blocks.
"We did it!" he exclaimed after they finished, giving high fives and fist bumps all around. Despite the appearance of a visit to a normally
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