National Survey Finds Support for Early Education and Care
August 5, 2013 by Alyssa Haywoode
Photo: Kate Samp for Strategies for Children
A new national survey released by the First Five Years Fund has found public, bipartisan support for public investments in early learning.
This endorsement is important now as Congress considers President Obama’s proposal to expand high-quality early education and care for children from birth to age five.
The survey “revealed overwhelming support for ensuring that children gain the knowledge and skills necessary to start kindergarten off on the right foot, with a majority of voters saying that we should do more to achieve this goal,” the Fund explains in a fact sheet.
On kindergarten readiness, the survey found: “Overwhelmingly, voters say we should be doing more to ensure children start kindergarten ready to do their best – virtually no one says do less,” according to a report from the Fund, which worked with the bipartisan research team of Public Opinion Strategies and Hart Research Associates to survey 800 voters from July 8 to July 11.
Among the survey’s findings, there was widespread support for increasing the
