Boston City TV, MA Boston Public Schools (BPS), 6 May 2014

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From YouTube: Universal Pre-Kindergarten Early Education

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Mayor Martin J. Walsh announces the formation of a Universal Pre-Kindergarten Advisory Committee to recommend a city-wide strategic framework and action plan to double the enrollment of four-year-olds in high quality, full-day pre-kindergarten programs by 2018.

Watch the full event: http://www.cityofboston.gov/cable/video_library.asp?id=3547

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We're putting together a universal pre-k kindergarten, Advisory Committee. It will give us a road map for expanding early childhood education. Here in the city of Boston, our goal is to double the enrollment of four-year-olds in high quality full-day pre-kindergarten bradya 2018. This will be a major step towards closing the.

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Achievement gap, the research that was done by Harvard this past year and our own internal data suggests that those who attend pre-kindergarten achieve at much higher rates than those who do not have those opportunities, as others.

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Have said today, supporting and providing a high-quality pre-k education for all our children, not only sets them off to a good strong start in the learning journey, but is a win for all of us as we develop a stronger, well-educated workforce for the future.

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