Steve Sturm believes every child should have the same opportunities that his 3-year-old daughter Reagan enjoys. Things like new boots, trips to the trampoline park — and preschool.
But for children known to the foster care system, too many miss out on the earliest years of their education.
“There wasn’t any real focus on early ed. It was kind of an afterthought,” said Sturm, who works with the education unit at L.A.’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), the biggest child welfare agency in the country. A 2009 study found that just 27 percent of preschool-aged DCFS-involved children were enrolled in any sort of formal early education program, despite having categorical eligibility.
[For more on this story by Sara Tiano, go to https://chronicleofsocialchang...into-preschool/31240]
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