Early Childhood Advocates Work to Eliminate Preschool Expulsion

February 2, 2017
At the Shriver Center, we believe that justice requires that all children have the opportunity to reach their full potential.
Research shows that high-quality child care and early learning programs can offset disadvantages and close opportunity gaps faced by young children experiencing poverty. However, every year thousands of preschool-aged children are suspended or expelled from these programs at alarming rates.
In our second year of our Early Childhood Justice initiative, the Shriver Center sought to explore the issue of preschool expulsion through a Dialogue event. Our location: Austin, Texas, at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library. We…