April 20-21, 2011: Santa Fe

Overview

New Mexico’s young people are our greatest asset. High quality early childhood care and education is vital to ensuring all New Mexico’s children can enter kindergarten ready to learn and succeed. Achievement of this goal will substantially influence the success of our youngest children and reap the economic success this will bring to our state. We now know that 85% of the brain develops before the fifth year of life. We also know the economic burden that every New Mexico taxpayer bears because of inadequate preparation of more than a third of New Mexico’s pre-school age children. Informing the public and urging legislators and community leaders in both the public and private sectors to make a commitment to children of today and those in the years to come will help our state enhance its education and economic outcomes.

Read the final report below.

Early Childhood Care and Education Background Report    14-Apr-2011 (1142 KB)

Early Childhood Care and Education Final Report    02-Jun-2011 (610 KB)