City to Add Pre-K Efforts in Poor Areas Next Year

"Our goal is to have every city kid arrive in kindergarten ready and prepare for a lifetime of success."

-Mayor Bloomberg, September 25, 2012 on Educare, an innovative early education program, to open in Brownsville next fall

Administration for Children’s Services Commissioner Ronald Richter, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, Susan Buffett (L to R) at early childhood education announcement at New York Public Library, Sept. 24, 2012. (credit: Rich Lamb/WCBS 880)

Hearing Mayor Bloomber's words at a news conference at a two-day education summit meeting Monday was like hearing angels sing. As you may or may not know, Bloomberg's words are core elements of our mission at HMESF. We believe that every child deserves the opportunity to succeed. 

In a major step in early education, Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott announced that the city would open a new type of preschool in Brooklyn's Brownsville next fall, "introducing a cradle-to-kindergarten approach to education for very young children in poor neighborhoods."

Read more about Educare opening in Brooklyn in the New York Times article City to Add Pre-K Efforts in Poor Areas Next Year.