Pre-Kindergarten and School Readiness – Oregon, Louisiana

Salem Statesman Journal Series, Raising a Community: The gap of good intentions in school readiness.
Louisiana sees boost in pre-K enrollment, By Nicole Blake-Johnson, January 4, 2010, Shreveport Times: “Louisiana is making “significant progress” toward preparing youngsters for kindergarten, according to data released last month, but educators say more must be done to provide universal preschool to all children. The data comes from the 2009 Kids Count Data Book on Louisiana’s Children, which uses various indicators such as health, juvenile justice and family economics to measure child well-being in the state’s 64 parishes. In terms of education, pre-K enrollment in Louisiana public schools increased 57 percent between 2000 and 2009, raising the total head count from 21,290 in the 2000-01 school year to 33,438 during the 2008-09 school year…”