The cost burden to Minnesota K-12 when children are unprepared for kindergarten

This cost-benefit study focuses on the effects of early childhood care and education on K-12 school system as a whole. It computes the cost burden to the Minnesota K-12 system due to insufficient early learning and early intervention that result in children entering kindergarten not fully prepared. It also provides estimates of the dollars already in the K-12 system that could be used differently by the state and school districts to ensure more school readiness and, therefore, less spending at the K-12 level.

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