Minnesota's Scholarship Plan for Childcare

I think the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis is moving in the right direction with development of a program to give scholarship to families for early childhood care. From what I can see, this program is much different than Headstart in that the quality of teaching is higher and accountability will be stronger. In an NPR article on NPR, written by Larry Abramson, the Minnesota plan is articulated by Art Rolnick , director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. The plan would provide scholarships to poor families to receive high quality childcare. The vision of this plan is that early educational support of children would help society in the long run with reducing the number of children having problems later in life. Available research indicates cost savings in investing in early education verses accepting the high cost of maintaining students and adults in correction facilities. This plan could be a template for other states. Read more here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15665307