WSA to Education Task Force: You forgetting something?

Joel Ryan, executive director the Washington State Association of Head Start & ECEAP, said the following:

“The Joint Task Force on Education Funding met in Federal Way to discuss how to address the requirements of the McCleary decision on education funding.

They may be missing the most important driver of school success – early learning. Early learning can’t be second in line as we develop education priorities. Research shows that we cannot solve the problems of K-12 without ensuring that children arrive ready to learn, and we will waste scarce resources if we approach it that way.

The Task Fo...