Pre-K: Tulsa’s Important Role
by Diane M. Horm, Ph.D., and Sherri Castle, M.S., Early Childhood Education Institute (ECEI) at OU-Tulsa Currently, 42 states, including Oklahoma, invest state funds to offer pre-K to 4-year-olds as a strategy to enhance young children’s school readiness and success. Pre-K enrollments have grown dramatically over the past 20 years from virtually 0% to approximately 32% of the country’s 4-year-olds in 2016. Oklahoma has been a pioneer and leader in pre-K programing and research. Oklahoma was one of the first states to offer pre-K programs and is currently one...