A Better Future For Our Kids

Our city has a child care crisis. Too many of our kids can't access the early education programs they need to succeed. It's causing children to fall behind as early as kindergarten, increasing education inequity, and keeping too many parents out of the workforce. But we have an opportunity to do something in Saint Paul.

We can pass a first of its kind early education initiative in Minnesota to provide a path to early education for all Saint Paul families. The program on the ballot this fall will create easy access to finding the learning environment that works best for every child, with no cost to lower income families and reduced cost to other households. Early childhood education shouldn't be a luxury only available to a few families.

We have some of the largest education inequities in the country. It can start when kids are as young as three or four and can follow them for their entire time in K-12. When parents can't find affordable early education programs and child care, they often have to leave the workforce. We need an early education program that helps every family succeed. Every family needs access to early education.