Thirteen years later, 57 percent of the group that attended a preschool program graduated from high school, while only 43 percent of the group that did not attend a program did so. This difference was even greater for students of color: 59 percent of those who attended a preschool program graduated on time as compared to only 37 percent of students who did not get a preschool program …show more content…
25 years later, children who had been enrolled in a full-time preschool program had a better life than children who were not in preschool (Reinberg). "Forty-year old adults in Michigan who attended early childhood education programs as children were more likely to be employed and had a 33% higher average income than their peers who did not attend" (Benefits of Early Childhood Education). Studies that have followed children through their adult lives confirm enormous payoffs for the investment of participating in an early childhood education program, whether measured in improved success in college or in higher income