Giving Preschoolers the Best Building Blocks

Expand A Nepalese woman carries her child to school in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Monday, March 31, 2014. © 2014 AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha According to a recent UNICEF report, nearly half of all preschoolers - more than 175 million children worldwide - are not enrolled in a pre-primary education program. In low-income countries only one in five children attend such a program. And in 64 countries, UNICEF found that the poorest children are seven times less likely to attend a pre-primary program than those from the wealthiest families. This is significant because the United Nation’s Sustainable Development…

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