Strengthening Pennsylvania Business through Investments in Early Care and Education

Posted by on February 20, 2011

Business leaders say early education means $$ for PA

America’s Edge, a national group of business leaders who work to strengthen businesses and the economy through proven investments in children, has issued a report, Strengthening Pennsylvania Business through Investments in Early Care and Education, that outlines how Pennsylvania’s investment in quality early education generates twice as much new spending in the state.

The report argues that if Pennsylvania provided enough funding to serve all children from birth to age four who would qualify, the investment would generate $4.6 billion of new money into the state, including $581 million in new sales in the state’s services sector, $431 million in news sales in real estate, and $328 million in new sales in Pennsylvania’s insurance and finance sectors.

To download the report, go here.

http://cdn.americasedge.org/clips/PAearlyed-economic-analysis-report-2.pdf