Preschool benefits all children, but not all children get it. Here's what the government can do about that
- Written by Jen Jackson, Education Policy Lead, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
Fewer than one-quarter of young children from low-income families used preschool or childcare services in 2017.Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash
Leading up to the election, Labor campaigned on an ambitious suite of early childhood policies, including 15 hours of funded preschool for every Australian three-year-old and A$4 billion to increase...