NNPA NEWSWIRE — NIEER just released its 2023 State of Preschool Yearbook, which annually tracks state-funded preschool enrollment, funding, and quality across states. This year’s report shows that during the 2022-2023 school year states enrolled over 1.63 million children in preschool, marking a 7% surge compared to the preceding year. | Editor’s note: The following is the second in a series of columns devoted to early childhood education and its role, value and importance to young children, families and all communities. W. Steven Barnett, Ph.D., senior co-director, and founder, National Institute for Early Education Research Despite strides in preschool enrollment across the country, access to quality
