- Only one-half of the minority children entering Delaware's public schools in kindergarten or 1st grade will graduate from high school on time.
- The State of Delaware spends $120,000 to incarcerate a young person for one year, while spending just $5,061 for one year of preschool.
- In 2006 Delaware spent $225 million on incarceration. A youth who moves from detention into the adult system costs the state $2 million over his lifetime.
- 70 percent of early childhood education providers in Delaware were rated mediocre, or even developmentally harmful, to children in the areas of language, learning activities, curriculum and hygiene.
- 68 percent of lead teachers in Delaware preschools have less than an associate's degree.
- The average preschool teacher is paid only $9 an hour, making recruitment and retention a serious challenge.
- Learn more about what SVP DE is doing to make a difference.
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