Who's Getting Preschool Right? Researchers Point To Tulsa

By Claudio Sanchez

Published April 22, 2014 at 4:14 PM EDT

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>. — Preschool student Stormy Frazier watches a science experiment unfold in Nikki Jones' classroom in Tulsa, Okla. You can learn more about preschool in Tulsa here.

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. You can read more about what they found — and visit a Tulsa preschool classroom, here.

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