Early Learning

Early learning, or Universal Prekindergarten (UPK), provides a strong and early start to education for all children with high quality, joyful, developmentally informed, inclusive, and rigorous PreKindergarten (PreK) through third grade learning opportunities— beginning with equitable access to UPK. 

Research shows that young children are in the process of rapid brain development, and the amount of time children spend in early childhood group environments has a strong role in children’s development.