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While it might seem like a far reach to correlate preschool learning to successful adulthood, research demonstrates that high-quality early education helps children's cognitive learning and social/ emotional development, builds a foundation for lifelong learning, and improves skills for the workforce of tomorrow. Quality preschool programs are also critically important to reducing dropout rates, remedial job training, criminal behavior and costly services that are a drain on economic growth. [...]we provide employees with up to 40 hours of paid time per year to volunteer at high-quality early education centers as a way to introduce them to civic engagement.

Bond Stuart is PNC Bank regional president, Central and Southern Indiana; member of the Indy Chamber Board and Executive Committee, and chair of Early Childhood Education Economic Impact Study; and member of the United Way of Central Indiana's Board and Executive Committee, and Chair of \"Ready to Learn, Ready to Earn\" education committee.\\n

[...]all Indiana school districts provide a quality pre-school experience, the region and state remain at risk of not preparing future generations for the demands of a changing economy.

Why is this important? Because studies show that $1 invested in high-quality early care and education programs can later save as much as $17 on remedial efforts such as special education and juvenile justice programs.

  Delaware already has taken some important initial steps, including the creation of the Stars quality rating and improvement system that incorporates standards of best practice of early care and education and the expansion of our state's home visiting program including the evidence-based nurse-family partnership.

Numerous studies show that every dollar spent in early childhood education returns between $7 and $16 in savings, including fewer students in remedial or special education, fewer teen pregnancies and high school dropouts, and fewer adults on welfare and in the criminal justice system.