Two boys, two paths: Why early childhood education can’t wait

By: Cara Maxwell

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: April 16, 2026

Words: 664

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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Consider two children in my school with identical struggles in sensory processing, impulse control, and fine motor delays. One didn’t attend pre-K and spent his kindergarten year shuffled between offices and counselors while his teacher, my colleague, managed 19 other students. Ultimately he was placed in my school’s first grade self-contained classroom, where he finally had the support to overcome his sensory challenges.

In contrast, the other boy’s two years in the high-quality pre-K program …

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