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Who's Getting Preschool Right? Researchers Point To Tulsa

By Claudio Sanchez
Published April 22, 2014 at 2:14 PM MDT
Preschool student Stormy Frazier watches a science experiment unfold in Nikki Jones' classroom in Tulsa, Okla. <a href="http://www.npr.org/2014/04/22/304563233/what-exactly-is-high-quality-preschool">You can learn more about preschool in Tulsa here</a>.
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Preschool student Stormy Frazier watches a science experiment unfold in Nikki Jones' classroom in Tulsa, Okla. .

Many educators say quality early childhood education programs give young children a strong foundation for kindergarten and beyond.

But what does a high-quality preschool program look like? Early childhood education researchers point to Tulsa, Okla., as a school system that gets it right. NPR's education team went to Tulsa to find out what help sets the city's preschool program apart. .

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Claudio Sanchez
Former elementary and middle school teacher Claudio Sanchez is the education correspondent for NPR. He focuses on the "three p's" of education reform: politics, policy and pedagogy. Sanchez's reports air regularly on NPR's award-winning newsmagazines Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. Sanchez joined NPR in 1989, after serving for a year as executive producer for the El Paso, Texas, based Latin American °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Service, a daily national radio news service covering Latin America and the U.S.- Mexico border.
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