Research and teaching, as well as service, are important ways to engage in outreach. To be effective in assisting in school improvement, outreach partnerships and activities must be sustainable. All outreach activities should be regularly assessed to judge their efficacy and to improve their impact. The first of our national goals for education is for every child to enter kindergarten ready to learn. For many children, this goal is not achieved, with the consequence that their chances of succeeding in the K-12 system are greatly reduced.
Early childhood is a critical period of a child's education.
To assist in improving Ohio's K-12 system, we must become and stay involved in the early education of children.