The city’s novel preschool program, rolled out in 2009, has increased mothers’ labor force participation rate by roughly 10 percentage points, the study estimates. The D.C. preschool program was designed to blunt that financial hit. CAP’s findings suggest the program has been a boon to working women. Around three-quarters of the city’s eligible children were enrolled in the public preschool program by then, at a cost to the city of roughly $17,000 per child, according to CAP. (The high per-pupil cost is likely because the city’s preschool teachers are paid on par with elementary school teachers.)

Source: Huffington Post September 26, 2018 17:15 UTC