Nearly 80% of enrollment is "just a transfer of income from the government to families of four year olds" who would have attended preschool anyway.
Among this group, only 28 percent of three-year-olds and 49 percent of four-year-olds were enrolled in 1996, and the latter figure is three percentage points lower than it was in 1991.
But today, fewer than 3 in 10 four year-olds are enrolled in a high-quality preschool program.
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And fewer than 3 in 10 four-year olds are enrolled in high-quality programs.
The U.S. ranks 28th out of 38 other developed countries in the share of four-year olds enrolled in early education, the administration said.
Three- and four-year olds tell tall tales and create imaginary friends.
Mr. Obama's plan calls for a new "federal-state partnership" that would allocate preschool funds to states based on the number of low and moderate-income four-year olds.
The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimates that the United States ranks 28th out of 38 countries for the share of four-year olds enrolled in early childhood education.
The U.S. Department of Education will allocate dollars to states based their share of four-year olds from low- and moderate-income families and funds would be distributed to local school districts and other partner providers to implement the program.
While 39 states and the District of Columbia offer state funded pre-school, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development estimates that the United States ranks 28th out of 38 countries for the share of four-year olds enrolled in early childhood education.
In order to ensure that our kindergartners spend the time they need in school to reach rigorous benchmarks and standards, funds under this program may also be used to expand full-day kindergarten once states have provided preschool education to low- and moderate-income four year-olds.
Under his proposal, the U.S. Department of Education would allocate dollars to states based their share of four-year olds from low- and moderate-income families (those at or below 200% of the poverty line) and funds would be distributed to local school districts and other partner providers to implement the program.
Our new under-fives provision - Sure Start, nursery places for three and four year-olds, better maternity and paternity support, a massive extension of childcare supported by tax credits - is enabling parents to choose the provision that is best for them and their children, where previously there was often no provision at all.
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Enrollment for three-year-olds held steady between 1991 and 1996, while the proportion of four-year-olds and five-year-olds rose.
While public education for five-year-olds is often available for at least part of the day, three and four-year-olds often fall through the cracks.
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In 1996, the rates for three-year-olds were 50 percent for African Americans and 45 percent for whites, while the rates for four-year-olds were 79 and 65 percent, respectively.
Under the bill, looked-after two-year-olds, and those with a kinship care order, will receive the same entitlement as three and four-year-olds.
Nearly three-quarters of five-year-olds are enrolled in public kindergarten or nursery school, yet that number drops to 44 percent for four-year-olds and a mere 20 percent, or just one in five, of three-year-olds.
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Unfortunately, today fewer than three in 10 four-year-olds are enrolled in a high-quality preschool program.
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But today, fewer than three in 10 four-year-olds are enrolled in a high-quality preschool programme.
In 2010 around half of American three- and four-year-olds went to some sort of pre-school, their parents say.
Nationwide today about 1.3 million kids, or 28% of all four-year-olds, attend state-funded pre-K, a leap from 14% in 2002.
By and large, three- and four-year-olds were enrolled in private programs, while the overwhelming majority of five-year-olds were in public kindergartens.
In the United States, 34 percent of two- to four-year- olds were enrolled, well below the OECD mean of 41 percent.
And just 3 in 10 four-year-olds are enrolled in high-quality programs that prepare kids with the skills they need for kindergarten.
The Children and Young People Bill will entitle three and four-year-olds to 600 hours of free early learning nursery education per year.
The parents of the four-year-olds said they now faced a summer of anxiety and disruption because of the mistakes made by the panel.
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There are currently 3, 570 school places for four to 11 year olds, but the council wants to provide 5, 470 places by September 2013.
The government has promised that there will be free places available in pre-school classes for all four-year-olds and two thirds of three-year-olds by 2002.
Mr Clegg told LBC similar changes for three- and four-year-olds under the previous Labour government had had "almost no effect" on childcare costs for parents.
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