Hot Topic: Elementary School Principals Leading the Charge on Preschool for All

In what's being called a landmark report, the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) has called for high-quality early childhood education as an essential investment in communities across the nation and urged its membership to get involved in making it happen. NAESP has also called on policymakers to support elementary school principals' efforts, and has issued what it's calling a "Call to Action" outlining eight steps principals should take. Not least of those is providing universal access to high-quality preschool programs, transition programs that coordinate with Head Start, and teacher:student ratios no greater than 1:15. The report precedes a guidebook that NAESP executive director Vincent Ferrandino says is soon to come.

Executive Summary of Leading Early Childhood Learning Communities: What Principals Should Know and Be Able To Do